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MHANJ's Hot Topics in Mental Health
Hot Topics in Mental Health is a podcast from the Mental Health Association in New Jersey (MHANJ) providing behavioral health insights and information. MHANJ is a statewide nonprofit organization that strives for people to achieve victory over mental illness and substance use disorders through advocacy, education, training and services.
Podcasting since 2024 • 17 episodes
MHANJ's Hot Topics in Mental Health
Latest Episodes
Access to Mental Health Support for Members of New Jersey's Spanish-Speaking Communities
In this episode of Hot Topics in Mental Health, Mercedes Gomez and Daysi Sanz, Mental Health Association in New Jersey (MHANJ) community outreach staff, share challenges in accessing mental health care that are faced by members of Span...
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Acceso a apoyo de la salud mental para los miembros de las comunidades de habla hispana de Nueva Jersey
2026, Episodio 3: Acceso a apoyo de la salud mental para los miembros de las comunidades de habla hispana de Nueva JerseyCon las anfitrionas invitadas (De izquierda a derecha) Mercedes Gomez y Daysi Sanz, LSW, Asociación de Sal...
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The Work of Healing: A Pastor and Clinician’s Perspective
Reverend Rose Hardy, MA, CSW is the Senior Pastor for the Restoration Temple Ministries in New York City and the Mental Health Supervisor at Saint Joseph's Hospital in Paterson, New Jersey. In this episode, Reverend Rose shares her insights abo...
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What Mental Health First Aid Really Means
Hot Topics in Mental Health, the Mental Health Association in New Jersey's (MHANJ's) Podcast, kicks off the New Year with a focus on one of today’s most essential mental health advocacy skills. In the first episode of 2026, host Merrill Altberg...
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The Power of Community-based Connections in Behavioral Health Response
Divad Sanders is the Program Director of the Newark Community Street Team- Overdose Response Team and Harm Reduction Center.In this episode, Divad shares how he and the ORT take a compassionate, community-trauma-data-based approach that ...
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