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A New Adjustment

Austin Willhoft

April 15, 2018 |

Daily Emerald |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Eugene, Oregon

When choosing an industry to work in, cultural and familial pressures may play a role, especially around the field of mental health. When this proved true for a handful of international students at the University of Oregon, they joined together to form International Community Voices, a peer support group that addresses cultural barriers on college campuses.

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What it takes to respond to a mental health crisis

Anne Hillman

March 14, 2018 |

Alaska Public Media |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Anchorage, Alaska

Mental Health First Aid is an organization that provides 8-hour long trainings about how to respond to common mental health crisis. This solution helps to minimize existing stigmas around mental health and allows individuals who have no other background in mental health to help their fellow citizens when they see them struggling.

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Taking the bull by the horns? Men learn how to treat women better

Jessica Mendoza Peter Ford Ryan Lenora Brown Michael Holtz Whitney Eulich

March 07, 2018 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

Multi-Media |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: South Africa, Soshanguve

Group sessions, workplace videos, badges, these are just some of the ways various people around the world are addressing sexual, and physical assault. In light of the #MeToo movement in the U.S., the Christian Science Monitor chronicled four international efforts that attempt to curb toxic masculinity.

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Montgomery's Renascence gives men on parole a chance for rebirth

Marty Roney

March 02, 2018 |

The Montgomery Advertiser |

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Response Location: United States, Montgomery, Alabama

In Montgomery, Ala., a transitional program offers former inmates a place to live and support while they focus on staying clean and finding work. Officials say programs like this play a key role in reducing recidivism by addressing obstacles like learning to live again in society and making decisions, establishing a support network and basic things like getting a bank account and drivers license. It offers former inmates new paths that can help them avoid falling back into old ways and re-offending.

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Two mothers, a son's death, and the struggle for forgiveness

Harry Bruinius

March 02, 2018 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

Two women travel on a journey seeking to heal pain through forgiveness with the help of a program in Baltimore that brings together mothers who have lost sons to violence. One woman's son was murdered and the other woman's son is standing trial for that crime. This article shows how complex and long such a process can be and doesn't sugarcoat the difficulty of reconciliation.

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The town that's found a potent cure for illness – community

George Monbiot

February 21, 2018 |

The Guardian |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: England, Frome, Somerset

Data from a trial in Frome, England shows that strong community support has a strong impact on recovery rates from a variety of medical ailments. The Compassionate Frome Project and Health Connections Mendip connect patients with "health connectors" who help them make health care plans and "community connectors" who help them find support within their community.

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How to Deprogram a White Supremacist

Deborah Jian Lee

February 19, 2018 |

Playboy |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States

Violent, hateful ideologies can grip the mind and body so tightly that moving away from them mimics addiction recovery. Life After Hate and other groups are helping former white supremacists to deradicalize by providing access to therapy, education, and long-term peer-to-peer mentoring. These efforts are chronically underfunded and dismissed, even though "white supremacist extremists are committing more violent attacks than any other domestic extremist movement" in the United States.

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After Unthinkable Loss

Sarah Conway

February 05, 2018 |

City Bureau |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

A healing circle in Chicago brings together women who have lost their children through violence or incarceration to give one another support through the grieving process. It's part of an overall move toward restorative justice in Chicago, but is the only peace circle in the city devoted exclusively to mothers, who were often overlooked in outreach efforts, according to the nun who helped launch it. Many of the women cannot afford therapy and the group helps them avoid isolation.

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Domestic Violence court offers alternatives, hope for future

Elizabeth M. Miller

January 22, 2018 |

New Mexico In Depth |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Albuquerque, New Mexico

In Albuquerque, New Mexico, a domestic violence court offers funnels perpetrators into programs that offer counseling and other services to address the root causes of their behavior. Its two tracks focus on first-time offenders to short-circuit any escalation into chronic abuse, as well as those with multiple domestic violence charges. Judges work closely with participants to encourage them and call them out when they aren't meeting their obligations, and recidivism rates among those who complete the programs are far lower than those who do not.

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The Stigma

Jillian Bauer-Reese

December 28, 2017 |

The Philadelphia Citizen |

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Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

For the tens of thousands of individuals struggling with opioid addiction in the United States, breaking their drug habit is never easy, and is often inhibited even by fellow addicts in recovery programs who stigmatize the use of prescribed medications to aid the recovery process, despite their measured success. In Philadelphia, a group called Porch Light is the city's first ever 12-step program to embrace those on a medication-assisted recovery journey, helping to break stigmas and encourage those on the path to a clean start.

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