Justice Peer Support: On the Trauma of (and Resilience from) Incarceration

• By: Carl Alan Blumenthal, MS, MA, NYCPS Brooklyn, NY Quaker Church
• April 16th, 2025
• advocacy, criminal justice, incarceration, mental health, peer support, prison reform, recovery, social justice, Spring 2025 Issue, trauma
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Editorial Note: Given the recent NYS correction officers' strike, this article is especially timely. The strike, driven by concerns over staffing shortages and solitary confinement reforms, has coincided with the tragic deaths of nine incarcerated men (so far). This context underscores the urgency...

Substance Use Disorder Prevention and Treatment Services: A Social Justice and Health Equity Perspective

• By: Jorge R. Petit, MD Dr. JPetit Psychiatry Services
• October 23rd, 2023
• addiction services, barriers to treatment, cultural stigma, economic burden, Fall 2023 Issue, health disparities, health outcomes, homelessness, incarcerated individuals, LGBTQ+ individuals, marginalized communities, overdose death rates, racial and ethnic disparities, social determinants of health, social justice, substance use disorders
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Substance Use Disorders (SUDs) present a complex and multifaceted public health challenge that disproportionately affects marginalized communities, exacerbating existing health disparities and social inequities. These marginalized populations encompass groups facing social, economic, and structural...

Consumer Perspectives: Food Security is a Social Justice Issue

• By: Anna Francisco Glen Jackie Sherese Steve Wiley Services for the UnderServed (S:US)
• April 18th, 2023
• cultural needs, equitable food system, food access, food insecurity, food justice, food pantries, food scarcity, homelessness, inflation, job training, mental illness, nutrition, physical illness, SNAP, social justice, Spring 2023 Issue, supportive housing, unemployment
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This article is part of a quarterly series giving voice to the perspectives of individuals with lived experiences as they share their opinions on a particular topic. The authors are served by Services for the UnderServed (S:US), a New York City-based nonprofit that is committed to giving every New...

Intersectionality in Behavioral Health: Serving Those with Membership in Multiple Stigmatized Groups

• By: Kismyth Shuler, LCSW, Master CASAC The Guidance Center of Westchester
• July 14th, 2022
• intersectional assessment, intersectionality, mental health stigma, social determinants of health, social justice, social stigma, stigma, Summer 2022 Issue, systemic oppression
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What are your social identities? How do you identify and how does the world see you? “Intersectionality, a term coined by legal scholar Kimberlé Crenshaw, emphasizes the “multidimensionality” of oppressed people’s lived experiences and recognizes how various types of oppression frequently...