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El poder de la esperanza, el poder de los pares en la atención a la salud mental

Zinta Aistars

July 21, 2022 |

Second Wave Michigan |

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Response Location: United States, Kalamazoo, Michigan

El Recovery Institute of Southwest Michigan, Inc., usa un método que se llama apoyo entre pares (emparejando personas con experiencias similares) para ayudar el proceso de recuperación. El Recovery Institute ofrece grupos, clases, reuniones individuales y reuniones sociales, y su también participan en actividades de divulgación en la comunidad. En los últimos años, el Recovery Institute ha atendido a miles de personas.

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Transit Agencies Try Decarceral Approaches to Improve Rider Safety

Henry Pan

July 19, 2022 |

Next City |

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Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

The San Francisco Bay Area's Transit Ambassadors program deploys unarmed personnel and crisis intervention specialists to respond to conflict and harassment on public transportation. The ambassadors speak multiple languages representing the broader community and work to resolve issues without involving transit police, with officers called to less than one percent of the 14,000 interactions ambassadors had with riders in the first half of 2020.

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When healers need help: Recovery programs for health care workers offer specialized care

Olivia Belanger

July 16, 2022 |

Sentinel Source (The Keene Sentinel) |

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Response Location: United States, New Hampshire

Centers like Brattleboro Retreat are emerging to provide specialized recovery programs for healthcare workers battling addiction. Programs offered are similar to those at standard recovery centers, except here healthcare workers are surrounded by their professional peers, allowing them to find community and express vulnerability.

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The Indigenous cafe using native cuisine to help its chefs fight addiction

Cecilia Nowell

July 13, 2022 |

The Guardian |

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Response Location: White Mountain Apache, United States, Whiteriver, Arizona

Café Gozhóó is a restaurant and vocational training program at the Rainbow Treatment Center, which is operated by the White Mountain Apache tribe. Café Gozhóó uses the kitchen to teach therapeutic skills – connecting with ancestral foods, stress management, and teamwork – to people recovering from substance abuse. Café Gozhóó is also filling a critical gap in access to care as many mainstream recovery programs are located far from Native American communities and often lack counselors trained in culturally competent care.

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She Writes Woman: Giving Mental Health a Voice in Nigeria

Folakemi Ajala

July 11, 2022 |

Nigeria Health Watch |

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Response Location: Nigeria

She Writes Woman, provides safe spaces for those in need to receive mental healthcare services. As of this year, She Writes Woman receives about 200 calls on its toll-free helpline each day, serving a community of about 45,000 people.

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Virginia prepares to launch its first recovery high school

Kate Masters

July 05, 2022 |

Virginia Mercury |

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Response Location: United States, Chesterfield, Virginia

The Chesterfield program will be Virginia’s first recovery high school, open to any student recovering from a substance use disorder. There are currently at least 43 active recovery high schools in 21 states, with two more expected to open this year. The goals of the program are similar to those of existing schools and experts say the model increases the odds that teens will stay in recovery by making sure they’re surrounded by like-minded students in a supportive environment.

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How Black female support groups are dealing with the end of Roe

Natachi Onwuamaegbu

July 05, 2022 |

The Washington Post |

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Response Location: United States

Support groups for Black women are making space to talk, laugh, breathe, dance, and lift one another up in the wake of the Supreme Court case that overturned Roe v. Wade. Black women will be disproportionately impacted due to systemic factors such as a lack of access to contraceptives and have since seen instances of waiting lists for the support groups double.

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Paul Quinn's focus on mental health helps college students through trauma, stay on track

Valeria Olivares

July 01, 2022 |

Dallas Morning News |

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Response Location: United States, Dallas, Texas

Paul Quinn, a historically Black college, developed an exhaustive program that supports students’ mental health as a way to encourage academic success. All incoming students have a mental health assessment with a counselor and have free access to therapy and support groups throughout their education. Professors, coaches, and academic advisers also offer support or can direct students to campus resources.

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Filling the Gaps

Chris Killian

June 30, 2022 |

Encore Magazine |

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Response Location: United States, Kalamazoo, Michigan

The Synergy Healthcare Center is a mental health services clinic that focuses on issues facing the Black community to help fill gaps in service and address mental health stigma. Synergy focuses on cultural awareness to ensure those seeking help feel safe and comfortable with the mental health care services they’re receiving. The Center also hosts various themed gatherings to help create a safe place for those in need.

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How YAFODA is tackling drug abuse in northern Nigeria

Stephen Enoch Adam Alqali

June 23, 2022 |

African Newspage |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Kano

The Youth Awareness Foundation on Drug Abuse rehabilitates and reintegrates drug abusers back into society and works to sensitize youth to the dangers of drug abuse. YAFODA’s programming has been recreated in 14 other states and has since rehabilitated thousands of individuals.

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