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Equine therapy: Horses help Michigan youth cope with mental health crises

Julie Mack

November 29, 2024 |

Bridge Michigan |

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Response Location: United States, Kalamazoo, Michigan

Equine-assisted therapy is a unique approach that combines aspects of traditional therapy with the responsibilities of caring for a horse and even learning to ride. At the Cheff Therapeutic Riding Center, mental health professionals with equine training help youth learn to build trust and empathy while also teaching them impulse control and emotional awareness.

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A Tool to Tackle Climate Emotions

Rebecca Randall

November 25, 2024 |

Yes! Magazine |

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Response Location: United States

An educational tool called the climate emotions wheel shows a variety of emotions that align with a survey to help guide users through their climate-related feelings. It’s used in schools as a way to address youth mental health concerns amid climate-related disasters and other impacts.

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Forest therapy for wildfire survivors

Rebecca Randall

November 01, 2024 |

High Country News |

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Response Location: United States, California

Social workers, psychotherapists, and community leaders in the California towns impacted by the Camp Fire were trained as forest therapy guides to help residents emotionally recover from the disaster and reconnect with nature. They offer free guided walks full of interactive activities and conversations.

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The Mental Health Café Helping Nigerians Navigate Climate Change Anxiety

Chinonso Kenneth

October 22, 2024 |

The Solutions Paper |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Lagos

The ZenCafé in Lagos, Nigeria, offers a safe space for people to talk about eco-anxiety and potential solutions to the problems they face with others who are experiencing similar feelings.

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How one school is helping deaf immigrant children navigate trauma

Ambar Castillo

October 21, 2024 |

Epicenter NYC |

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Response Location: United States, Queens, New York

The Lexington School for the Deaf provides wraparound family services including free American Sign Language classes and assistance navigating the health, legal and shelter systems, particularly for immigrant families. The gaps immigrant families face in accessing necessary services creates psychological distress, especially for children. But research shows community-based supports, like The Lexington School, help address those gaps and improve mental health outcomes.

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How music therapy is quietly — and sometimes loudly — fighting the teen mental health crisis

Julie Riddle

October 21, 2024 |

MLive.com |

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Response Location: United States, Kalamazoo, Michigan

Music therapy is helping teens identify, verbalize and cope with their emotions, and is emerging as a solution to bridge the gap in the national shortage of adolescent mental health professionals. Michigan State University alone has credentialed more than 9,000 music therapists since the degree program emerged in 1944. Studies show that when used in conjunction with medical treatement and traditional talk therapy, music therapy can improve health outcomes and reduce levels of depression and anxiety.

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How a Group is Tackling Mental Health Through Open Conversations

Adedoyin Oguntade

October 21, 2024 |

Prime Progress |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Ibadan, Oyo

The youth-led Foundation for Younger Generation gives young people a platform to talk about their mental health with peers and licensed therapists. The group hosts events in-person and online through platforms like WhatsApp and has since reached about 400 people.

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Under an L.A. Freeway, a Psychiatric Rescue Mission

Ellen Barry

October 20, 2024 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles County’s Homeless Outreach & Mobile Engagement (HOME) program uses street psychiatry to get psychiatric medication to people experiencing homelessness in an effort to get them a step closer to housing. The HOME team has 223 full-time staff members and served 1,919 people last year, 22% of whom ended the year housed.

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Fatal overdoses often happen when users are alone. Hotlines, sensors can save lives.

Elana Gordon David Ovalle

October 19, 2024 |

The Washington Post |

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Response Location: United States

Technology like chatbots, motion detectors and hotlines are helping prevent overdose deaths, which typically happen when people use alone. The Never Use Alone hotline which was started in 2019 by volunteers with experience using drugs or who have lost someone to an overdose. Since starting, they have received more than 45,000 calls and have called emergency responders about 200 times.

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Europe wants to erase homelessness. Housing First can be the key

Andrea Giambartolomei Redattore lavialibera Vilija Ramanauskienė

October 14, 2024 |

Radijo Stotis FM99 |

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Response Location: Finland, Oulu

European cities like Oulu and Turin are adopting the housing-first model to reduce homelessness and extreme poverty. They focus on providing people experiencing homelessness with a permanent place to live first and then address other needs they may have.

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