Zip Code and Mental Health: Where you Live Matters for Individuals with Serious Mental Illnesses-Presentation Slides

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This document is related to an APA and SAMHSA initiative called the Clinical Support System for Serious Mental Illness (CSS-SMI). The document includes information about a webinar on the topic of the impact of neighborhoods on mental health among individuals with serious mental illnesses. The webinar discusses the research findings on the association between neighborhood characteristics and mental health outcomes and how these findings can be applied to clinical practice. It also explores the concepts of food deserts, neighborhood poverty, and neighborhood residential instability and their relationship to mental health. The document includes data from various studies on topics such as the prevalence of food insecurity and living in a food desert among individuals with serious mental illnesses, as well as the association between neighborhood poverty and hippocampal volume among individuals at clinical high risk for psychosis. It also discusses the clinical implications of considering social determinants of mental health and neighborhood factors in the assessment and treatment of individuals with mental illness. The document concludes by providing information about upcoming webinars and resources related to mental health.

Keywords

APA

SAMHSA

CSS-SMI

mental health

webinar

research findings

neighborhood characteristics

food deserts

neighborhood poverty

social determinants