How Do Communities Welcome People Managing Mental Illnesses and the Disease of Addiction?

National Network of Libraries of Medicine Middle Atlantic Region. 04/18/2018 This one-hour webinar provides ideas about how community members can learn about behavioral health issues, so they can serve these citizens with respect and dignity. It discusses the many communities that have made concerted efforts to welcome and serve vulnerable people who manage mental illnesses and/or the disease of addiction; and how libraries often function as the focal point for information about services, diagnoses, and treatments, and other community groups turn to them for guidance. (Video or Multimedia)

Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - May 3, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: The U.S. National Library of Medicine Source Type: news