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With Kids' Futures at Risk, Schools Seek New Ways to Lower Chronic Absenteeism

Jennifer Palmer

September 17, 2019 |

Oklahoma Watch |

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Response Location: United States, Tulsa, Oklahoma

Spurred by state changes, an elementary in Tulsa, Oklahoma has transformed its approach to chronic absenteeism, adding frequent positive reinforcements for good attendance and building strong relationships with students to get to the root of attendance issues. “This is a solvable problem as long as people keep in mind," the executive director of Attendance Works said. "The solutions take time to unpack and address what’s keeping kids from coming to school.”

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Tragedy fuels Lexington family's fight to prevent suicides in Richland County

Tracy Leturgey

September 16, 2019 |

Richland Source |

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Response Location: United States, Mansfield, Ohio

In rural counties, it's not always easy to seek mental health treatment. To address this, several different resources have been built over the years in Richmond County, Ohio from call or text hotlines to educational campaigns specifically targeting school-aged children.

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When care matches culture, immigrants and people of color benefit

Casey Chaffin

September 13, 2019 |

Oregon Live |

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Response Location: United States, Minnesota

In the Twin Cities area, community mental health and wellness professionals have made it a priority to develop a pipeline of clinicians of color and create programming specific to residents of cultural and ethnic minority groups who may have experienced unique traumas. How can Minnesota's model inform Oregon's approach to mental health care in a state whose population is growing more diverse?

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Why some experts are trying to redefine suicide

Temma Ehrenfeld

September 12, 2019 |

Popular Science |

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Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

There is a movement amongst clinicians and researchers involved in suicide prevention to reclassify suicide as a "condition in its own right" in order to better teach and treat symptoms. In some places, such as Detroit's Henry Ford Health System, it is already classified as a specific mental health category which played a part in an 80 percent decrease in patience suicide rates.

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Jeffrey Epstein's Death Highlights Inmate Suicide Problem

Max Blau

September 10, 2019 |

Stateline |

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Response Location: United States, Atlanta, Georgia

After several high-profile suicides at various prisons throughout the U.S, ten states have enacted new policies for jails and prisons in order to intervene before it's too late. From enhanced suicide prevention training to more comprehensive intake regiments to abolishing solitary confinement practices, states across the nation are learning how to prioritize mental health care for inmates.

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Veterinarians Are Killing Themselves. An Online Group Is There To Listen And Help

Scott Simon James Doubek Samantha Balaban

September 07, 2019 |

NPR |

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Response Location: United States, Rockland, California

Recent statists are showing that an alarming number of veterinarians are committing suicide due to a variety of reasons from emotional stress to financial strain. Not One More Vet, a Facebook group started by a veterinarian in California, is serving as an unofficial mental health resource for many in the field.

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In Chicago, Police Violence Survivors Heal Through Song

Jonita Davis

September 06, 2019 |

Yes! Magazine |

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Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

Communal healing represents reparations in action. The Chicago Torture Justice Center, created in 2015 through a Chicago City Council reparations ordinance, advocates for wrongfully imprisoned Black men, as well as for victims of violence and torture at the hands of police. At the community center, area nonprofits like the Old Town School of Folk Music, lead workshops like the Freedom Songbook. The program uses protest songs as a way to encourage resiliency and healing in survivors.

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Healthy communities: What is 'social prescribing'?

Emma Sisk

September 03, 2019 |

Apolitical |

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Response Location: United Kingdom

Social prescribing, where medical practitioners encourage patients to look beyond medicine to remedy their issues, can lessen the demand for medical services and medications. In the UK, Denmark, and Canada, doctors are piloting programs in which healthcare providers can recommend community and social activities to patients. In Canada, for example, the Alliance for Healthier Communities is integrating activities like knitting at its community centers. In Denmark, doctors can present cultural activities to patients suffering from moderate depression.

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Meet the Young Activists Fighting Chicago's Gun Violence, With Lobbying and Group Hugs

Kim Bellware

September 03, 2019 |

The Trace |

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Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

GoodKids MadCity, an anti-gun violence group that is led by black and brown youth in Chicago is working to create a safer community. Members, most of whom have been directly impacted by gun violence, work together to address the systemic drivers of gun violence in their city, including poverty, trauma, and lack of safe spaces. They do so by creating a community for themselves and by engaging politically – pushing local lawmakers to address the systemic drivers they’ve identified.

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In South Africa, a Call to Punish Rapists

Joseph Darius Jaafari

August 27, 2019 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: South Africa, Diepsloot, Johannesburg

In Diepsloot, South Africa, a small office called Lawyers Against Abuse offers legal support for sexual assault cases in a violent city that traditionally does little to address the issue. The organization offers lawyers, victim advocates, legal counseling, and therapy as they go through the process. Since 2015, they have helped more than 800 women and secured 28 convictions.

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