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  • How Baltimore Convinced Officers to Seek Help for Alcoholism and Depression

    January 24, 2025 |

    Governing |

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    Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

    In an effort to promote health and wellness and reduce instances of officer misconduct, the Baltimore Police Departmenr launched a program in 2018 that connects officers with counseling, substance use treatment and other mental and physical health supports. Over the course of the program, more than 250 officers have signed themselves into a voluntary, confidential alcohol addiction program and been able to keep working.

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  • Inside the Bridge's 'fight to stay alive'

    January 16, 2025 |

    The Stanford Daily |

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    Response Location: United States, Palo Alto, California

    The Bridge Peer Counseling Center provides 24/7, free, anonymous counseling to students, by students. The student counselors are trained in crisis response and volunteer over 30 hours each week to keep the center running, ensuring mental health support is always accessible on campus.

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  • How forest therapy is helping survivors of wildfires reconnect with nature

    December 17, 2024 |

    KJZZ |

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    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, California

    Forest therapy, which was first developed in Japan in the 1980s, is being used to help survivors of wildfires in California. For many, but not all, it helps people reconnect with nature and adjust their expectations of what the forest can be for them.

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  • NM kids can text '988' for free mental health help

    December 13, 2024 |

    Southern New Mexico Journalism Collaborative |

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    Response Location: United States, Las Cruces, New Mexico

    The 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline provides free, 24/7 support for those experiencing a crisis, emotional distress, alcohol or drug concerns, and general mental health struggles. The line can be reached via call or text, instantly connecting the person with a crisis counselor. Since its launch in May 2022, 988 has received 10.8 million calls, texts, and chats, with call volume increasing by 74% in New Mexico alone from 2022 to 2024.

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  • How a Group is Tackling Mental Health Through Open Conversations

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

    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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  • 'Suicide in general is a very impulsive act, especially for teens'

    October 01, 2024 |

    NowKalamazoo |

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    Response Location: United States, Kalamazoo, Michigan

    Michigan was recently added to the growing list of states with new gun violence prevention legislation called Child Access Prevention (CAP) laws. CAP, in partnership with safe storage laws, requires adults to safely store firearms in their homes and allows prosecutors to bring charges against those who don’t comply. Several studies have found CAP laws help reduce violent crime rates, suicides and unintentional injuries and deaths.

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  • Catching up with CAST, CSULB's crisis prevention workers

    September 20, 2024 |

    Long Beach Current |

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    Response Location: United States, Long Beach, California

    The Campus Assessment & Stabilization Team (CAST) assists the University Police Department in mental health-related emergency and non-emergency calls, both on and off campus. CAST consists of a team of social workers who assist law enforcement in handling calls, particularly those where a person is experiencing an emotional crisis.

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  • The Last Line of Care

    August 01, 2024 |

    Tradeoffs |

    Podcast |

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    Response Location: United States, Durham, North Carolina

    An alternative response team in Durham, North Carolina, responds to certain 911 calls instead of the police to help people in crisis. Now, it’s working to improve the ways it connects those people with social services afterward.

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  • Boosting access: BHP expands mental health services in Knox, Licking counties

    July 31, 2024 |

    Knox Pages |

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    Response Location: United States, Mount Vernon, Ohio

    The Care Now Clinic, established by Behavioral Healthcare Partners of Central Ohio, offers early crisis intervention services for those ages 12 and up, helping bridge the care gap between emergency rooms and waiting to see a physician. The group also recently launched a mobile crisis unit to even further expand access to care. Research shows these models cost less, reduce emergency room visits and make handling chronic conditions more manageable.

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