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  • Productive Discomfort: A Job Training Program for Single Moms That Centers Mental Health | Death, Sex & Money | WNYC Studios

    December 06, 2023 |

    WNYC |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Wyoming

    A job training program for single moms experiencing poverty, called Climb Wyoming, runs 14, 12-week training sessions per year. The program provides wraparound support for the moms alongside the skills training, including mental health support, life skills training, and help navigating the criminal justice system.

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  • A Carnegie Hall Concert Series Designed for Mental Health

    November 28, 2023 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    The iconic New York City theater Carnegie Hall recently premiered a Well-Being Concerts series designed to maximize the health benefits concert attendees receive, such as reduced loneliness, anxiety, and stress. At these events, the audience is encouraged to get to know one another while they sit on floor cushions on the same level as the performers.

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  • Need Therapy? In West Africa, Hairdressers Can Help.

    November 26, 2023 |

    The New York Times |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Togo

    The Bluemind Foundation is working with mental health professionals to provide training to hairdressers to teach them how to ask open-ended questions, spot nonverbal cues of distress in clients, provide comfort to those experiencing mental health crises and refer them to trained therapists. The goal of the training is to help fill the mental health care gap in an area where counseling is often not accessible or accepted by society. So far, 150 hairdressers have received the training and been dubbed “mental health ambassadors.”

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  • The mobile clinic helping indigent Nigerians stay alive

    November 24, 2023 |

    Prime Progress |

    Text |

    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: Nigeria

    To enhance rural access to healthcare in Nigeria, the Parkers Mobile Clinic partners with local volunteers, healthcare professionals, educators, and community development advocates to identify and remedy unique healthcare gaps. Outreach programs are then designed to provide localized mental health support, nutritional counseling, and other reproductive health services.

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  • When you're young, lonely, and chronically ill, online communities are a lifeline

    November 13, 2023 |

    Mother Jones |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States

    Online gaming communities are helping people who live with chronic illness by providing forums for social connection and emotional solidarity. The multiplayer game Animal Crossing, for example, helped people meet basic psychological needs during lockdowns.

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  • Cree kids become recording artists talking about mental health, friendship and culture

    November 10, 2023 |

    CBC |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: Canada, Calgary, Alberta

    Cree youth in Calgary, Alberta, are expressing their views and experiences by writing, recording, and performing original music. The program, called Nikamo, is part of a collaboration between a local theater and a nonprofit focused on supporting youth mental health.

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  • Local pediatric mental health supports improving, but demand still not met

    November 04, 2023 |

    Sentinel Source (The Keene Sentinel) |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Keene, New Hampshire

    Amongst an increased need for mental health care, Monadnock Family Services is offering group therapy to children to get them in for some level of care as staff shortages make offering individual therapy too difficult. The American Psychological Association found that group therapy is as effective as individual therapy for most conditions — as well as more efficient. Monadnock Family Services offers a variety of groups depending on a patient’s interests and identity, like groups for those who enjoy hiking to groups for members of the LGBTQ+ community.

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  • Birmingham students form club, talk solutions after classmates' deaths

    November 02, 2023 |

    AL.com (Alabama Media Group) |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Birmingham, Alabama

    The Creative Minds club provides a creative, supportive outlet for high school students amid a rise in teen homicides due to gun violence and racial tension. Students in the club meet to discuss their feelings, grieve and participate in forms of self-expression like writing and artwork to help manage their mental health.

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  • What will it take for Arizona's gay bars to stop overdoses?

    October 24, 2023 |

    LOOKOUT Phx |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Phoenix, Arizona

    In an effort to combat overdoses in the LGBTQ+ community, some local spaces — like gay bars — are carrying Narcan. While not every gay bar in the area is on board with carrying Narcan, there are several individuals and local organizations working to push these venues to make a change and helping to ensure people who need it can access the potentially life-saving drug if they need it.

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  • In Spain, a movement is fighting the mental illness stigma

    October 18, 2023 |

    Sphera |

    Video |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Spain, Barcelona

    The Mad Pride movement and groups like Orgullo Loco work to protect the rights of people seeking psychiatric care, as many report traumatic experiences with psychiatric hospitals like being forcibly checked in and given harmful treatments like electroshock therapy. The groups provide a sense of community, host events for members and organize demonstrations to rally support and advocate for policy change.

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