How Faith Communities Can Help Reduce Mental Health Stigma

• By: Rabbi Simcha Weinstein Families Together in New York State
• April 18th, 2023
• advocacy, community partnerships, faith communities, faith leaders, mental health services, mental health stigma, mental health treatment, Spring 2023 Issue, stigma, stigma reduction
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Reducing the stigma around mental health requires a multifaceted approach in which individuals, communities, and society at large all have a role to play. But for many people who are seeking help for a mental health or substance use problem, their first point of contact isn’t a doctor or a...

It Takes a Village

• By: Paige Pierce Families Together in New York State
• January 1st, 2017
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When we hear the phrase “It takes a village to raise a child,” we think of the African apologue, or maybe Hillary Clinton’s book about larger societal responsibilities. But in the children’s behavioral health system, it is also true. Throughout the history of this system, there has been a...