Title
& Description
News Outlet
& Journalist
Date
& Location
MEDIA TYPE
& LENGTH
28 February 2021
Florence, Alabama, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
School counselors in Alabama's schools are providing students with mental health care resources. Florence City Schools partnered with local organizations to provide therapists on-site, as well as social workers. "Curr...
26 February 2021
United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Crisis hotlines and chat services are turning to technologies such as AI tools to help assist an oft-overburdened system. At The Trevor Project, AI is used as both a risk assessment tool and as a role-play simulator t...
22 February 2021
New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Medical providers are increasingly prescribing nature therapy – like walks, hikes, or recreational activities – as a way to help children and adults cope with life stressors. First popularized in Japan as "forest bath...
2 February 2021
Georgia
Text
1500-3000 Words
Across Georgia, a community-based mental health care approach has decreased both the duration and frequency of hospitalization for clients. This approach relies on mental health and other healthcare specialists delive...
28 January 2021
Danbury, Connecticut, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Connecticut’s school-based health centers, which offer medical and behavioral health care to children, have been able to remain open during the pandemic by using a mix of on-site and telehealth options. Although servi...
13 January 2021
Wisconsin, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
The state of Wisconsin has launched a pilot initiative that aims to help farmers who are dealing with job stressors access mental health services including "a 24-hour wellness hotline, tele-counseling sessions and vou...
5 January 2021
Czech Republic
Text
1500-3000 Words
When the coronavirus pandemic made in-person therapy sessions too risky to schedule, therapists in the Czech Republic moved their services online and set up a hotline for patients to call when needed. Although it's ye...
Geneva Solutions
Svet Lustig
22 December 2020
Switzerland
Text
1500-3000 Words
In parts of Switzerland and Sweden, mental health care professionals are working to implement culturally appropriate psychiatry services that better addresses the needs of migrant populations. Although acquiring fundi...
15 December 2020
Wales
Text
1500-3000 Words
In Wales, the African Community Centre which has previously offered culturally competent mental health care services to youth in the African community in the city, has expanded its services to "Black, Asian and minori...
8 December 2020
Illinois, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
A variety of telehealth counseling options throughout several Midwestern states are helping connect farmers with mental health clinicians. One option is online training, specifically targeted towards engaged couples a...
1 December 2020
Durham, North Carolina, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Black churches across the U.S. are collaborating with psychologists and counselors to offer their community access to mental health care services during the coronavirus pandemic. Although not all congregants were init...
13 November 2020
Sacramento, California, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
An initiative being piloted in the Sacramento hospitality industry aims to decrease the stigma restaurant workers face when talking about mental health concerns with their peers. This peer-to-peer mental health suppor...
1 November 2020
Ghana
Text
1500-3000 Words
Even before the coronavirus pandemic limited access to health care facilities, health specialists across Africa were already beginning to turn to technology-based mental health services to offer care with fewer barrie...
10 October 2020
Nigeria
Text
800-1500 Words
Funding from a professional coaching, therapy, and counseling academy has helped a certified life coach and non-clinical psychotherapist offer free sessions to people in Nigeria who are struggling to cope with setback...
8 October 2020
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Chicago's CRED program (Create Real Economic Destiny) blends effective violence-intervention strategies with economic empowerment, life coaching, therapy, and education to provide the kind of opportunity so often lack...
29 September 2020
Ibadan, Nigeria
Text
800-1500 Words
In Nigeria, a methodology known as task-sharing is helping to lessen the burden on the country's mental health care system. The premise of this model is to train "other health personnel, such as community health worke...
15 September 2020
Oakland, California, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
An organization founded in Oakland, CA is bringing non-partisan abortion counseling to those who feel isolated by platforms that are designated as either pro-life or pro-choice. The goal of the organization, which is ...
29 August 2020
United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Coronavirus-related loneliness increased demand for groups that help people make personal connections and new friends, even if at a distance. A New York MeetUp, “I wanted to do that … just not alone”, has seen attenda...
15 August 2020
Ypsilanti, Michigan, United States
Multi-Media
800-1500 Words
The Youth Justice Fund sends formerly incarcerated men and women to a lakeside summer camp as therapy for the trauma they suffered growing up and during long prison sentences that started when they were teenagers and ...
3 August 2020
Sweet Grass County, Montana, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
A partnership between Montana State University and Seattle-based Waypoint Health Innovations is helping bring virtual mental health services to rural communities in Montana. Although the program has only been in resea...
31 July 2020
New York, New York, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Mott Haven and Broome Street Academy serve students in the child welfare system and at-risk students. Before the pandemic, they were already preparing for crisis intervention. The two have provided students with servi...
Yellowstone Public Radio
Rachel Cramer
30 June 2020
Missoula, Montana, United States
Radio
3-5 Minutes
In Montana, the transition to telehealth during the Covid-19 pandemic has helped one health care clinic provide care for more patients than before the virtual visits were necessary. Although it's not yet determined if...
23 June 2020
Minnesota, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
As the novel coronavirus disrupts how farmers get their products to consumers, many of them are looking for mental health resources to manage their stress. While the stigma of mental health issues prevents some farmer...
The Laconia Daily Sun
Roberta Baker
17 June 2020
Laconia, New Hampshire, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
To connect children with the counseling and other services they need to heal from traumatic experiences, the Adverse Childhood Experience Response team trains police and others to spot problems early and make prompt r...
Ventures Africa
Hadassah Egbedi
18 May 2020
Nigeria
Text
Over 3000 Words
Stand To End Rape (STER) is a youth-led Nigerian NGO that works with sexual and gender abuse survivors by providing services, including psychosocial support and advocacy to address cultural norms of victim-blaming, sh...
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