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'Care BnB'- the town where mentally ill people lodge with locals

Jennifer Rankin

May 18, 2018 |

The Guardian |

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Response Location: Belgium, Geel

Residents of a small town in Belgium take in "boarders", people who have disabilities that render them unable to live alone. Many of these boarders stay with their host families for several decades, and they all participate in household duties so that both family and boarder benefits. This solution allows people who might otherwise have to live in a facility to integrate into society and live as normally as possible.

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Support

Larry O'Connor

May 12, 2018 |

Temple University |

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Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

In Philadelphia, the Recovery Overdose Survivor Engagement (ROSE) project has seen success in connecting at-risk patients and those who have survived an overdose to treatment centers and counseling services. Since its launch, trained recovery specialists engaged 125 people and coordinated 78 treatment referrals. After an overdose, people usually receive emergency treatment in the form of naloxone, but getting treatment after that to prevent future overdoses is usually more rare.

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Healing

Laura Smythe

May 12, 2018 |

Temple University |

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Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

To reduce the stigma around seeking treatment for addiction, the Interim House in Philadelphia provides a women-exclusive program that focus on treating past traumas through the use of dialectical behavior therapy. Based on the idea that women are more open to talking about their histories in women-only settings, the program increases trust between therapist and client as well as between the women attending the program.

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Giving vulnerable residents help before mental health issues land them in jail

John Yang

April 09, 2018 |

PBS NewsHour |

Broadcast TV News |

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Response Location: United States, Kansas City, Kansas

Kansas City is trying to prevent people who have mental health or substance abuse disorders, from committing crimes. In order to do that, the city created a police crisis intervention team. They help people access treatment through the Kansas City Assessment and Triage Center, or other treatment centers. “Everything we do here is to really bridge them into whatever that long-term need is.” It’s too early to tell if the method is working, but police officers, judges, and addicts, argue it is. “It's amazing. It puts a smile on my face every day, and I have got a future coming.”

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For Many Female Vets, Healing From Trauma Starts With the Eyes

Joseph Darius Jaafari

March 06, 2018 |

NationSwell |

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Response Location: United States, New York, New York

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) is a therapeutic technique that accesses and heals trauma by mimicking brain processes present during sleep. New studies have found that EMDR has been effective in helping veterans process traumatic events and injuries sustained during combat.

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Could Managed Consumption Be a Better Form of Treatment for Alcoholism?

Sasha Chapin

February 08, 2018 |

Pacific Standard |

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Response Location: Canada, Ottawa, Ontario

A facility in Ottawa called The Oaks gives alcoholics small amounts of alcohol throughout the day, and a place to live, to help them manage their addiction. Although research on the effectiveness of alcoholic recovery programs is limited, facilities like The Oaks that don't force abstinence from alcohol actually end up costing taxpayers less. This is because alcoholics in these facilities take fewer trips to the emergency room and have fewer run-ins with law enforcement, because they aren't on the streets binge drinking.

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‘I Never Thought That Would Happen in Our Family'

Jennifer Reed

December 27, 2017 |

Gulfshore Life |

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Response Location: United States, North Naples, Florida

A network of pediatric care providers and mental health specialists are teaming up to offer comprehensive mental health services for children in Florida, something that has previously been neglected. The Healthcare Network of Southwest Florida establishes mental health checkups are part of the primary health care for children with their Beautiful Minds initiative, which also creates the network of integrated care. Today the Healthcare Network has psychologists in all 16 of their pediatric and adult practices and as a result has seen behavioral health visits jump from 964 in 2013 to 4,606 in 2016.

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Officials explore options to expand psychiatric hospital to southern NM

Diana Alba Soular

November 28, 2017 |

NMPolitics.net |

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Response Location: United States, Las Vegas, New Mexico

The only psychiatric hospital in New Mexico is in the north, which means frequent trips must be made from the south to bring new patients which is expensive and makes it difficult for southern families to visit. There is a new push to build a psychiatric hospital in the south to decrease the transportation of patients and include families in care, but there are space and financial issues with this new idea.

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Mental health court could lower recidivism, cut costs

Carlos Andres López

November 27, 2017 |

NMPolitics.net |

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Response Location: United States, Las Cruces, New Mexico

For offenders with a co-occurring mental health disorder, the regular prison system is not viewed as an optimal environment. A mental health court would help lower recidivism and increase the offender's quality of life by treating their mental health issues in order to focus on the underlying issue contributing to the criminal acts.

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In the woods and the shadows, street medicine treats the nation's homeless

Laurie McGinley

November 22, 2017 |

The Washington Post |

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Response Location: United States, Allentown, Pennsylvania

The homeless do not get enough medical attention and often die without getting proper care. The "street medicine" program at Lehigh Valley Health Network addresses this by having medical professionals go to homeless individuals, even in remote locations, providing healthcare, helping them sign up for insurance, arranging psychiatric evaluations, etc.

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