Mental Help: Impacts of Isolation, Racism, and Violence on our Children

March 29, 2021
11:00 am – 12:00 pm

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Dr. Jaleel Abdul-Adil (University of Illinois) and Joseph Archer (Rush University Medical Center) will overview the impacts of remote learning and community violence on mental health the last year has had on families. Courtney Johnson (NAMI-Chicago) will share strategies for managing stress families can practice just in time for Spring Break. 

Children model the behaviors of the adults around them, including those related to managing stress. Caregivers who deal with stress in unhealthy ways risk passing those behaviors on to their children. Alternatively, caregivers who cope with stress in healthy ways promote better adjustment and happiness for themselves and promote essential habits and skills in children.

We are a year into the pandemic-with national and global events unparalleled in our lifetimes. Learn more about comprehensive, integrated, and coordinated care for multi-problem, high-risk youth affected by trauma and community violence. Parents know that changing a child’s behavior, let alone their own, can be challenging. By taking small, consistent steps to a healthier lifestyle, families can meet their psychological and physical goals.

In launching the new series Mental Help series, C2ST is pleased to partner with research experts and practitioners to offer support to specific communities such as the elderly, families, and professionals.

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Featured Guests

Jaleel Abdul-Adil, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Clinical Psychiatry at the University of Illinois-Chicago and The Chicago School of Professional Psychiatry, Co-Director of the Urban Youth Trauma Center at UIC

Jaleel K. Abdul-Adil is an Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry in the University of Illinois at Chicago, and Co-Director of the Urban Youth Trauma Center, a federally funded center of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network that is housed in UIC’s Institute for Juvenile Research. Dr. Abdul-Adil helps to develop and disseminate culturally sensitive, evidence-based trainings in intervention and prevention programs for youth and families who are at risk of, or directly experience, traumatic events including community violence, gang conflict, and systemic discrimination.

Dr. Abdul-Adil is also the Chair Emeritus of the NCTSN Community Violence Committee, a part-time Professor of Clinical Psychology at the Chicago School of Professional Psychology, and the former founding Rap Music Editor for the Chicago Sun-Times as part of using media to engage youth in prosocial programs. 

Joseph Archer, Clinical Research Assistant with the Rush University Medical Center Department of Community Behavioral Health

Joe Archer is a clinical research assistant representing the Section of Community Behavioral Health in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Rush University Medical Center where he works on projects that aim to increase access to mental and behavioral health care for communities on the West Side of Chicago. Most recently, Joe has been working on studies that examine the relationship between technology and mental health for adolescents and young adults and that seek to address the burden that COVID-19 has placed on the mental wellbeing of Chicago’s West Side communities through digital mental health interventions.

Joe previously worked with the Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Epidemiology Center and Southeastern Oneida Tribal Services on culturally appropriate and decolonized mental and behavioral health interventions for Indigenous populations. Joe is entering his final year as a Medical Doctorate and Masters of Public Health student at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.

Courtney Johnson, LSCW, NAMI Chicago Education Manager

Courtney Johnson has served as Education Manager at NAMI Chicago since April of 2019.  Courtney leads NAMI Chicago’s outreach to students, parents, and staff. Prior to NAMI Chicago, Courtney worked as a therapist primarily with youth and young adults and conducted research on suicidality and childhood development.  Courtney holds a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Miami University and a Master’s from the University of Chicago Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice.