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  • Young, gifted - and ready to tackle the mental illness epidemic

    The Think Ahead program in England is training recent college graduates for careers public mental health with a two-year, working Master’s program. These new graduates may be half the age of the average social worker, but they’re filling an important gap—social workers are in short supply in England, but the number of detentions under the Mental Health Act is increasing. The program is now taking on its fourth cohort and looking to expand nationally.

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  • Is acupuncture a viable alternative to opioids for patients in pain?

    Several states are supporting the use of acupuncture to curb pain and opioid reliance, despite inconclusive scientific evidence of its efficacy. Chronic pain sufferers who experience relief from acupuncture say they don't need scientific evidence to know the procedure helps. As the death toll of the opioid epidemic continues to rise, an increasing number of states are considering covering the treatment.

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  • Solving America's painkiller paradox

    In a recent study, doctors who were told one of their patients had died prescribed 10% fewer opiates than doctors in a control group. The letters came with recommendations from the CDC for not overprescribing painkillers.

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  • ADHD drugs could help ice addicts kick the habit

    Three Australian states are using ADHD medication to reduce cravings for patients in detox from methamphetamine use s part of a trial. The trials are a first worldwide and researchers hope the method will result in better social outcomes for recovering drug abusers.

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  • Sauti toll free telephone line helping Ugandan children avert violence

    Uganda has sub-Saharan Africa’s only government-run child helpline--a free way for children to report physical, emotional, and sexual violence perpetrated against them. Police are supposed to work with probation officers to investigate the situation and connect children with medical and legal help. However, resource shortages remain, and some health workers refer victims to private clinics to make more money.

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  • How impact investors can better serve communities: ask them what they need

    Impact Experience is an organization that bridges the gap between impact investors and the communities in which they want to invest, from West Virginia to Houston and more. These “experiences” occur during retreats in cities across the country that could use investment. Jenna Nicholas, the founder of Impact Experience, uses this time to help people build genuine relationships that lead to long-lasting investments. In Williamson, West Virginia alone, the experiences have led to $25 million in local funding.

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  • U.S. Surgeon General: Use partnerships, end stigmas to stop opioid epidemic

    U.S. Surgen General Jerome Adams speaks out about the significance of reducing stigma around substance abuse and mental health to normalize the illnesses and open doors for sufferers to seek help. Dispensation of Naloxone, an overdose reversing drug, went up 40% since he issued a Surgeon General's advisory on its use.

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  • Is Your Local Coffee Shop a Low-Key Opioid Clinic?

    More and more service workers are finding people overdosing on opioids inside public restrooms. In cities such as Boston and New York, businesses are training service workers to identify signs of an overdose and administer naloxone. “For a heart attack, we train employees how to do CPR until the paramedics arrive. Why is that not the case with naloxone and Narcan?”

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  • The city curing violence like a disease

    The Cure Violence program in Chicago uses former gang members as "violence interrupters" to intervene in imminent gun violence incidents, a public-health approach that treats violence like a communicable disease that can be contained before it spreads. Neighborhoods using the approach have experienced drops in violence. London officials, seeing that the program had similar positive effects when used by Scotland's Violence Reduction Unit, are starting a program to respond to high rates of knife crimes. But the amount they are investing is too small, one criminologist warns.

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  • As with birth control, Colorado makes anti-smoking drugs available at pharmacies — no doctor visit required

    With a new prescribing protocol in place, drug store pharmacists can prescribe anti-smoking medications. People often visit a pharmacy more than their doctor, and the new protocol allows greater access to necessary medications for those wishing to quit.

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