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  • Health Experts Hope Dr. Rich Mahogany And ‘Man Therapy' Can Reduce Suicide In Men

    With suicide as a leading cause of death among adult men in Colorado, normalizing mental health care serves as an important step toward lowering suicide rates. Colorado’s Department of Public Health hopes that with a little bit of humor, awareness of crucial mental health resources can reach the populations most in need. The portrayal of a fictional, sometimes crass doctor in the Man Therapy videos has been licensed by several US states and internationally, as well.

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  • Gun Shops Work With Doctors To Prevent Suicide By Firearm

    In Colorado, where 80 percent of gun deaths are suicides, a coalition of gun shop owners, public health researchers and doctors works to raise awareness of suicide and the role of firearms in those deaths. Staff in gun shops are trained to look for signs of mental distress in customers and participating shops have pamphlets on suicide prevention. The coalition also helps train medical professionals about guns so they can speak to patients with authority.

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  • ‘Like therapy, but better': The holiday dinner party that makes space for grief

    To better grieve the death of a parent, two friends in Los Angeles created an organization known as The Dinner Party which aims to bring people of similar experiences together to better cope with loss. Although the hosts of the events are professional therapists, they undergo training in order to better offer support and resources for those in attendance.

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  • Barbershop Confessions

    The Confess Project trains barbershop workers in black communities about creating pathways to talk about mental health and recognize and respond to signs of a mental health crisis. This training expands mental health services—especially culturally competent services—and parlays what is often a close, trusting relationship to raise awareness and provide an effective intervention.

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  • How to Handle Difficult Conversations at Thanksgiving

    The difficult Conversations Lab at Columbia University studies conversations between people with opposing political views. The researchers found that if both parties on opposing sides of an issue read a complex article before talking, they are sometimes more likely to be open to their partner's views.

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  • The Gym Fighting Drug and Alcohol Addiction with Exercise

    A Phoenix gym uses CrossFit classes as an effective way to keep people in subustance use disorder recovery. The class provides non-judgmental support, community, and exercise all of which can have a beneficial effect reversing the impact of substance use on the brain.

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  • Rhode Island Prisons Push To Get Inmates The Best Treatment For Opioid Addiction

    In order to reduce opioid related deaths, Rhode Island has taken a rare step among state prisons: offer medication and drug counseling to opioid addicts. The Rhode Island Department of Corrections gives small doses of either methadone, buprenorphine or naltrexone to inmates, as well as drug counseling. "I still have to fight the other drugs… But at least I have something to help with one of the ones that's brought me closer to death than anything else." Evidence show the program is working. There was "a significant drop in overdose deaths among people recently released from prison."

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  • Nonprofit helps kids impacted by homicide

    A Kansas City non-profit called Healing Pathway Victim Service Agency aids children, or the "smallest co-victims" as they call them, of crimes and homicides through case management, education, victim advocacy and trauma-informed mentorship for kids. The organization acts as a one-stop shop for families, offering connection to mental health resources, advice on navigating the courts, and assistance with victim compensation.

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  • Denver city councilman, state lawmaker revive plans for safe injection site, in spite of federal law

    Denver lawmakers and activists are working to curb drug addiction and prevent overdose deaths with legislation and services. Despite federal illegality, local legislators want to legalize safe injection sites in the state. In the meantime, the Harm Reduction Action Center is a needle exchange group which has saved nearly 1,000 lives with naloxone.

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  • California Offers Safe Space For Firefighters To Work Through Stress And Trauma

    Firefighters working the frontlines of California fires now have emotional supports at their base camps to help them process the toll of their work. Supports include chaplains, peer-to-peer interaction, and therapy dogs.

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