Kaiser Permanente provides grant for mental health services
Daily PressDec 10, 2018
Both organizations, along with 14 others from
The Kaiser grant is part of a five-year
"The prevalence of mental illness is significant and growing in
Yamamoto said the grants are designed to address mental health needs within underserved communities by funding trusted nonprofit organizations that serve these communities.
As Kaiser officials continue to improve mental health and wellness in communities, the health network identified mental and behavioral health as a top community health initiative.
Here is the remaining list of community recipients of the grant:
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These organizations' efforts include:
* Improving access and connection to care to mental health services in clinical and community settings.
* Enhancing and building the current and emerging mental health workforce to meet community mental health needs.
* Reducing self, public, and institutional mental health stigma and boosting resilience in individuals, communities, and organizations.
* Mental health disorders are among the most common health conditions faced by Americans, with nearly one in five adults experiencing mental illness and one half of all chronic mental illness beginning by age 14 Kaiser reported
Grant recipients have found various ways to address mental health through a grassroots approach.
One example is Mindful Beauty, a pilot educational program spearheaded by
"Many black women don't seek professional treatment for depression and other mental health issues," said
Designed as a seven-week program, Mindful Beauty trains stylists on how to recognize mental health signs in order to recommend the various types of mental health care services available.
Hair stylists will serve as mediators to help increase the behavioral intention of their clients to seek mental health care treatment, if they sense their client is feeling depressed.
"Given that black women visit the salon an average of 2.5 times a month -- and some even weekly -- the beauty shop is an ideal place to educate women and equip them with practical tools for improving their family's health," said
"Black women are visiting the hair salon more times a month, sharing their deepest life stresses, in a trusted environment -- more times there than they would a doctor or mental health professional in possibly a lifetime,"
For more information, visit kp.org/share.
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