Each week a quote is shared for your consideration. Some quotes might offer comfort, hope, a challenge, a chuckle, or inspiration. You may or may not agree with the quote, but it is offered simply to help you reflect and ponder.
The only impossible journey is the one you never begin.
The MFP is an initiative staffed by ANA with funding from SAMHSA, making fellowships available to ethnic and racial psychiatric nursing students who are enrolled full time in an accredited master’s/doctoral nursing program.
HEALTH AND WELLNESS
This week’s recommended Health and Wellness Activity
HEALTH DISPARITY RELATED ARTICLES
SAMHSA Announces National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) Results Detailing Mental Illness and Substance Use Levels in 2021 (opens new window)
The 2021 NSDUH national report includes selected estimates by race, ethnicity, and age group. It is the most comprehensive report on substance use and mental health indicators that SAMHSA has released to date. Read more (opens new window)
‘Disruptive,’ or depressed? Psychiatrists reach out to teens of color (opens new window)
Dr. Brittany Stallworth was in fifth grade when she received her first suspension. She and four girlfriends had worn lime-green shirts to school to celebrate the birthday of one of the girls, whose favorite color was green. “We were accused of promoting gang activity,” Stallworth recalled recently. They were among just a handful of Black children in their private school outside Detroit. Later that day, at home, her parents warned her: “You have to understand how people are going to interpret things, how you are going to be perceived.” Read more (opens new window)
Decriminalizing Mental Illness and Promoting Mental Health Equity (opens new window)
A poll commissioned by the American Psychiatric Association (APA) found that only one in five Americans believe that those in jails and prisons are getting the mental health care they need while 75% believe mental health support should be provided for incarcerated people. Jails and prisons are not meeting the mental health needs of incarcerated individuals. Read more (opens new window)
Study Highlights Racial, Geographic Disparities in Timely Breast Cancer Care (opens new window)
Both race and geographic region were significantly associated with delays in breast cancer treatment in a study published in Cancer, suggesting that both high-risk patients and high-risk regions should be prioritized by clinical and policy strategies to improve care disparities. Read more (opens new window)
MFP/ANA ANNOUNCEMENTS & UPCOMING EVENTS
NINR Director Dr. Shannon Zenk Provides Keynote for 3rd International Indigenous Nursing Research Summit, hosted by MFP alumnae Dr. John Lowe. (opens new window)
Congratulations to The University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing for their 3rd successful International Indigenous Nursing Research Summit held on Nov. 3–4, 2022.The event, led by Joseph Blades Centennial Memorial Professor in Nursing and MFP alumnae Dr. John Lowe, provided opportunities to learn about Indigenous populations and to network with nurse researchers who are actively working to improve the health and lives of Indigenous peoples. Shannon N. Zenk, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN, Director of the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), was the keynote speaker. Read more (opens new window)
Applications for our 2023-2024 cohort are now open! If you have ever considered earning a master’s or doctoral degree in psychiatric mental health nursing and identify as a member of an ethnic minority in the U.S., learn more about the MFP/ANA and apply today at
apply.emfp.org (opens new window).
Missed an episode from
season 2? Click
here (opens new window) to get caught up!
Mental Health Trailblazers – Psychiatric Nurses Speak Up! is the MFP/ANA podcast featuring the groundbreaking journeys of BIPOC psychiatric mental health nurses, in their quest to meet the urgent and unmet needs of under-represented communities in America.
The following may be of interest to you:
• NCI Office of Cancer Survivorship (OCS): "The Rainbow Connection: Building a Career as an LGBTQ+ Scientist."
• APA/APA Foundation Fellowships: APA/APA Foundation Fellowships provide specialized training within the field of psychiatry for residents, post-residency research fellows and early career psychiatrists.
• NAADAC, Association for Addiction Professionals: "Antiracist Addiction Treatment Requires Decriminalization and Harm Reduction"
• University of British Columbia: Unlearning and undoing systemic white supremacy and Indigenous-specific racism within the BC Office of the Provincial Health Officer
About MFP
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