In collaboration with the Connecticut State Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS) and its Office of Multicultural Health Equity, the New England MHTTC supported a training and technical assistance activity highlighting the stats and statistics around the state of minority mental health in Connecticut.

While the statistics help to validate that the rates of mental health illness are similar across racial groups, they also conceal a deeper inequity. What you can’t tell from the numbers is how the severity, persistence, contributing factors, and implications for the overall well-being of mental health conditions vary widely across demographic groups.
This event aims to raise awareness, foster dialogue, and share strategies that support optimal behavioral health treatment, care, and recovery for minoritized populations.

Featured Speakers

• Nancy Navarretta, MA, DMHAS Commissioner

• Charles Dike, FRCPsych, MBChB, MPH, DMHAS Medical Director

• Karin Haberlin, Behavioral Health Program Manager, DMHAS

• Jessica Isom, MD, MPH, Keynote Speaker, Vision for Equity, LLC

• Taylor Bryan Turner, Assistant Regional Director, SAMHSA Region 1

View a recording of this 7/27/23 session here.