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NCPD April Affiliate Connect

Wed, 04/20/2022 - 1:00pm EDT to 2:00pm

We meet with NCPD Affiliates every month to address the specific needs of their dioceses.

Mental Health: Moving Past the Taboo to a Culture of Acceptance.  

Mental health and mental illness, although commonly experienced, remain taboo topics. This discussion will present a general overview of mental health and mental ill-health. Additionally, participants will have a conversation about mental health stigma, what it causes, and how we can collectively move past it toward a culture that accepts and even celebrates efforts to sustain mental wellness and the contributions of those with mental health conditions. 

Affiliates will receive a zoom link one week prior to the meeting. 

Dr Jen

Jennifer L.K. Charles, Ph.D. 

Assistant Professor, National Catholic School of Social Service of The Catholic University of America

Jennifer, has a clinical social work background in community mental health, including crisis stabilization and mobile crisis response. Guided by her practice and educational experiences, Charles’s research focuses on the identification of and issues related to the stigma of mental illness. Particularly of interest to her are the negative attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors of mental health service providers toward their clients as well as the influence of stigma on the mental health help-seeking behaviors of college-aged adults. She earned her Ph.D. in 2015 from Virginia Commonwealth University, her M.S.W. from Barry University, and her B.A. from Virginia Tech.

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