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Camaraderie Offsets Trauma for Women Veterans

Lily Casura

February 14, 2017 |

The Huffington Post |

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Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

The majority of women veterans experience Military Sexual Trauma, which according to VA research, leads to post-traumatic stress disorder at a rate even greater than combat. Online and in person support groups help many women cope.

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In Plymouth County, a drug program finds success tackling the opioid crisis head on

Jacob Carozza

January 12, 2017 |

The Boston Globe |

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Response Location: United States, Plymouth, Massachusetts

In Plymouth County, a program called Project Outreach is tackling the opioid epidemic by partnering with rehabilitation facilities and law enforcement. They are targeting people when they are still in the hospital after an overdose and offering them treatment options. If a person refuses treatment, a police officer and a rehabilitation specialist will still visit them within 24 hours to give the person more information and attempt to convince them to seek treatment, even if that doesn't mean going into an inpatient treatment facility.

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Boulder's Elkhorn Treatment Center: 'Silver bullet' for women fighting addiction

Kathleen J. Bryan

December 11, 2016 |

The Montana Standard |

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Response Location: United States, Boulder, Montana

The Montana prison system operates a pair of men's and women's treatment facilities that provide an intensive, nine-month treatment program for methamphetamine and opioid abuse that has shown high rates of success. Residents are seen not simply as prisoners or people with addiction, but as people needing empathy and life lessons in accountability and honesty. Therapy groups allow patients to share their stories of trauma. Various studies have shown the treatment centers have successfully graduated 75-95% of their patients.

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Program helps men learn to be the dads they want to be

Jennifer Dixon

December 06, 2016 |

Detroit Free Press |

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Response Location: United States, Watsonville, California

Some social services push dads away and many primarily address mothers. PAPAS in California, is a program that helps strengthen families and reduce conflict through support groups and educational classes for fathers.

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New Program to Stem Chicago's Violence Epidemic Starts in Jail

Brandis Friedman

October 20, 2016 |

WTTW-PBS |

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Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

Chicago's Cook County Jail seeks to short-circuit the cycle of violence by involving young men from the city's most violent zip codes in a program that includes counseling, conflict resolution and anger management. The Sheriff's Anti-Violence Effort, or SAVE, then connects them with services once they're released to find housing and employment. Results are preliminary, but so far more than 80 have gone through the program and 20 were released, with just two ending up back in jail.

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This man has found a wonderful way to help people through their darkest times. It starts with tea.

Colby Itkowitz

October 12, 2016 |

The Washington Post |

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Response Location: England, Blackpool

The key to ending social issues such as depression and homelessness may lie in prevention rather than reaction, and some non-traditional methods outside of the professional or government sphere are leading the way. Camerados is an organization in England that facilitates spaces where people can connect face-to-face. By empowering individuals to serve one another using their unique strengths or skills, they find a sense of purpose and community that helps avert crisis.

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When parents of people with disabilities reach the breaking point

Marie Wilson

October 05, 2016 |

Daily Herald |

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Response Location: United States, Lisle, Illinois

Part 1 of the Caregivers Crisis series: As parents of adults with disabilities face their own struggles with aging, health, and mobility they often find themselves at the frayed end of their resources. The Parent Support Project brings these parents together to provide counseling, information on resources, financial counseling, moral support, and renewed energy to keep moving forward with their lives.

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Feeling smart: At Taos High, emotions are their own intelligence

Cody Hooks

October 03, 2016 |

The Taos News |

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Response Location: United States, New Mexico

Taos High School has recently lost a couple of students and a recent graduate, all of whom committed suicide. The school has developed an Emotional Intelligence Retreat for its ninth graders as an opportunity to form deeper connections and build their own emotional understanding, in order to help them cope with hardships.

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Putting the Power of Self Knowledge to Work

David Bornstein

September 23, 2016 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States

Childhood trauma, or adverse childhood experiences (ACE), can cause a number of social problems such as dropping out of school, drug abuse, depression, and even becoming an abuser. The more accessible ACE research studies are to communities and schools, the better chances social workers and mental health professionals can evaluate and provide the right care to children. Integrating ACE research has influenced policy changes that have directly helped at-risk children get on a healthier path.

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Baclofen: the controversial pill that could 'cure' alcoholism

Jessica Reed

September 16, 2016 |

The Guardian |

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Response Location: France

For some alcoholics, finding a way to quit can be a long and frustrating journey. Baclofen is a new drug in France that has previously been used to treat Multiple Sclerosis but is now being used to 'cure alcoholics'.

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