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http://www.epgn.com/news/local/14820-lgbtq-focused-therapy-center-offers-scholarships-for-transpeople-of-color?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
Laura Smythe
Philadelphia Gay News
20 June 2019
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There are many factors that prohibit people from being able to attend mental health counseling including financial reasoning and difficulty finding the right therapist. This is often even more difficult for the LGBTQ community, but in Philadelphia, the LGBTQ-focused Walnut Psychotherapy Center is helping to eliminate some of these barriers by creating a wellness fund that distributes therapy scholarships.
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/06/20/733788467/when-theres-no-doctor-nearby-volunteers-help-rural-patients-manage-chronic-illne?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
Maggie Mullen
NPR
20 June 2019
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In Wyoming, volunteers are given health care trainings to help them as caregivers to those with chronic illnesses who are too far away from a doctor to receive adequate care. That curriculum, along with support groups, is helping those in rural communities practice chronic disease self management to improve quality of life.
https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-lower-drug-prices-germany-20190619-story.html?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
Noam N. Levey
Los Angeles Times
19 June 2019
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The United States is currently facing a rise in the cost of specialty drugs, but the nation may be able to learn from Germany's successful approach to a drug pricing initiative. Based on keeping government involvement to a minimum, new drugs must go through a series of evaluations with a non-governmental agency before entering the market to prove that the new drug has an added benefit compared to the existing drug therapies.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07dclrq?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
Kathleen Hawkins
Hannah McNeish
BBC
18 June 2019
Radio / Over 15 Minutes
In 2001, facing a 20-year opioid epidemic, Portugal decriminalized all personal drug use, meaning people carrying drugs for personal use could no longer face prosecution or jail. The approach, met with public support, offered people access to services like safe injection sites and counseling and showed demonstrable success in declining opioid related deaths, the spread of infectious diseases, and drug use all together. As the rest of the world faces a similar crisis, Portugal could be a model response.
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2019/06/preventing-teen-suicide-clinical-trial-reduces-deaths/591793?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
Jill U. Adams
The Atlantic
16 June 2019
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To prevent suicide amongst youth, research has shown that there's a simple strategy to get people the supports they need: training the adults in their lives on how to recognize warning signs and provide help. While the research is still preliminary, it highlights one more intervention technique to prevent teen suicide by helping youth in recovery stick to their treatment plans.
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/06/10/727682322/can-you-reshape-your-brains-response-to-pain?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
Patti Neighmond
NPR
10 June 2019
Radio / 5-15 Minutes
People who experience trauma in their early childhood are at a higher likelihood of experiencing chronic pain in later years, which often goes untreated. However, emotional awareness and expression therapy, which combines talk therapy with cognitive behavioral therapy, has shown significant success in treating those suffering from this health issue.
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