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  • What can the UK learn from Finland's approach to mental health?

    April 05, 2017 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: Finland

    Finland’s Mental Health Hub is an online resource that provides tools to manage stress, depression, and substance dependency as well as therapy with a diagnosis. The resource has helped treat low acuity mental health issues by providing greater access without an increase in cost.

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  • Will Norway Ever Beat the Winter Blues?

    March 14, 2017 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: Norway, Rjukan

    In Scandinavian countries, where daylight is very limited during the winter months, residents are more prone to seasonal affective disorder. To combat this, a town square In Norway has mounted mirrors that create a high sun affect for two hours a day. Schools are also waking the students up during the wintertime with artificial lights in the classroom that mimic the light intensity cycle of a summer day.

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  • ‘They turned my life around': The people who work with rough sleepers

    February 17, 2017 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: United Kingdom, Westminster

    Homelessness is on the rise in the UK, and for many "rough sleepers," finding sustainable support can be nearly impossible. But a number of charities, including Crisis, St. Mungo'ss, and Centrepoint are starting to take a more comprehensive approach to the problem by addressing mental health issues and their significant impact on prolonged homelessness. Now the charities focus on "a psychologically-informed approach."

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  • JPS Students Avoid Conflict with Peer Mediation

    November 30, 2016 |

    Jackson Free Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Jackson, Mississippi

    Whitten Preparatory, a mostly black middle school, is one of four schools in Jackson that are trying to combat disciplinary issues and keep violence low by using peer mediation - training students to be mediators so they can help their classmates come to a peaceful resolution to their issues.

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  • What Mindfulness Does for Urban Kids

    November 14, 2016 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: United States, Baltimore, New York

    In Baltimore, the effects of poverty hamper student's educational experience. This article looks at one school's attempt to address these education and behavioral barriers through meditation.

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  • New school rules? Swotting up on ‘positive education'

    November 10, 2016 |

    Positive.News |

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    Response Location: Bhutan

    In an aim to alleviate depression in youth, the concept of "positive education" emerges. While teaching empathy and multilateral collaboration may not be a priority in most teachers' lesson plans, especially ones who rely on standardized test scores, they are necessary skills that students need. This "positive education" ideology should be a priority in curricula as it is valued heavily by future employers.

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  • ‘We Failed Him': Caught in the Revolving Door of Juvenile Detention

    November 09, 2016 |

    Jackson Free Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Jackson, Mississippi

    If juveniles in the Hinds County youth-court system, whose families tend to have limited resources, cannot get sustained, meaningful help at the center, they do not have many other options. But, thanks to a lawsuit on behalf of the juveniles in the facility, the county is starting to address the lack of mental-health services - whether in facilities or starting at home with the family.

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  • This doctor pioneered a way to treat stress in children, a startling source of future disease

    October 06, 2016 |

    The Washington Post |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    Dr. Nadine Burke Harris noticed an unusually high rate of illnesses in young patients frequenting her San Francisco clinic, and began to dig into the strong correlation between stress factors like poverty and abuse to the rising public health crises of what is known as "toxic stress" in children. Her work helped lead a growing, nationwide movement of treating physical health by addressing emotional trauma, in schools and law enforcement as well as clinics, offering children better support and evolving policies to address mental health.

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  • Oregon Detective Pioneers New Sexual Assault Reporting Program

    September 22, 2016 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: United States, Ashland, Oregon

    In Ashland, Oregon, the police department has launched a program that better serves sexual assault survivors by putting them at the center. The program, called You Have Options, considers the challenges that survivors face and works to help them through the reporting process, including letting them report anonymously. In its first year, You Have Options saw a 106% increase in sexual assault reporting and departments across the United States are now seeking to implement it.

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  • A Different Type of Addiction

    August 10, 2016 |

    Rio Grande Sun |

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    Response Location: United States, Española, New Mexico

    Alcohol has claimed more lives in Rio Arriba County in the past five years than other drugs. SMART, a secular alternative to Alcoholics Anonymous, provides one path toward recovery, increasingly incorporating scientific findings into treatment as well as support for family members of addicts, helping them change the environment.

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