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  • How can Milwaukee County's broken mental health system be fixed?

    Meg Kissinger

    November 05, 2013 |

    Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, Houston, Texas

    Milwaukee County’s mental health system put more resources in expensive emergency care rather than invest in programs that offer continual care. As a result, Milwaukee County identifies nine solutions from other cities that have had success in repairing mental health systems. Solutions include the ending of reliance on emergency care, expand community support programs, change laws, and supportive housing.

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  • Protecting Children From Toxic Stress

    David Bornstein

    October 30, 2013 |

    The New York Times |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, Connecticut

    Child First is a program in Connecticut, where staff members deliver home-based parent guidance and child-parent psychotherapy to help prevent the detrimental physical and mental effects of toxic stress on children. The engagement is guided by an evidence-based methodology called Child-Parent Psychotherapy, which is grounded in collaborative problem solving.

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  • Special Report: Abandoning our mentally ill

    Meg Kissinger

    March 19, 2006 |

    Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

    With the promise of community care, psychiatric wards were unlocked 30 years ago. Today, the sickest patients live in squalor.

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