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What one Utah student learned in Hope Squad helped her save a friend's life

Sara Weber

June 21, 2024 |

The Salt Lake Tribune |

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Response Location: United States, Salt Lake City, Utah

The Hope Squad teaches students how to advocate for themselves and their peers and teaches the question, persuade, refer (QPR) approach to navigating mental health. While the students aren’t trained therapists, they help their peers get the mental health support they need. Over the years the program has referred thousands of students to mental healthcare professionals and decreased the rate of suicide in the school district.

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Teens want therapy. Are they getting it?

Christian Rojas Linares Salma Baksh Shoaa Khan Mike Elsen Rooney

May 22, 2024 |

Chalkbeat |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

Teen Space expands free access to mental health care. With parental consent, teens can sign up online or through the app and be quickly matched with a therapist. Since its launch last November, more than 6,000 students have signed up, and each one has been connected with a therapist within 24 hours.

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Horticulture, horses and ‘Chill Rooms': One district goes all-in on mental health support

Javeria Salman

May 21, 2024 |

The Hechinger Report |

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Response Location: United States, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

“Chill Rooms,” offer students a place where they can go and talk to “chill therapists” when they’re feeling anxious, stressed or just need a minute to reset during the school day. Some schools have even partnered with other organizations to offer creative forms of mental health care, like equine therapy. In the Northgate School District, the graduation rate has increased by 11% since incorporating Chill Rooms.

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How Women Are Helping Their Neighbors Heal From Depression

Elizabeth Hewitt

May 16, 2024 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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Response Location: Zambia

StrongMinds provides group therapy run by trained community members to help locals treat and manage their depression, as access to therapists in more rural areas is scarce. Since the organization launched in 2013, half a million people have gone through the treatment program and three-quarters of the participants have been screened as being free of depression symptoms two weeks after completing the program.

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Free mental health apps provide 24/7 help for teens and young children across California

Phillip Palmer

May 10, 2024 |

KABC-TV |

Multi-Media |

Under 3 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

Two apps, Soluna and BrightLife Kids, provide 24/7, free access to mental health care to young people. The apps include videos, podcasts, self-guided support through interactive content, community forums, chat-based, one-on-one coaching and connections to behavioral health coaches.

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'Composting Our Emotions': How Climate Action Cultivates Well-Being

Elizabeth Hewitt

April 30, 2024 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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Response Location: United States, California

Several groups are emerging to help youth cope with eco-anxiety and the mental health effects caused by climate change. Groups like the Bay Area Youth Climate Summit educate and facilitate conversations about climate change with young people, helping them build a sense of community with others who share their concerns. Research shows those who participate in climate work and have a social support system have reduced feelings of eco-anxiety and depression linked to climate change.

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A crisis call line run by Native youth, for Native youth

Lillian Mongeau Hughes

April 29, 2024 |

The Hechinger Report |

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Response Location: United States, Washington

Crisis call lines by Native youth, for Native youth are emerging to ensure youth in need can receive culturally relevant mental health care. One such call line is Native and Strong, which has Indigenous counselors and trained youth volunteers to answer calls and texts through the crisis line. Since launching in 2022, Native and Strong has 30 people on staff who have answered the phone more than 5,000 times.

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Where can Minnesota students access free mental-health care?

Sheila Mulrooney Eldred

March 26, 2024 |

Sahan Journal |

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Response Location: United States, Hennepin County, Minnesota

Public schools in Hennepin County have offered free school-based mental healthcare services to students since 2000, with the number of schools offering care continuously growing. Across the 263 Hennepin County schools that have implemented school-based mental health care, suicide attempts have decreased by 15%.

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How a youth-led initiative is breaking the stigma around mental diseases in northern Nigeria

Yahuza Bawage

March 15, 2024 |

Prime Progress |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Kaduna

The Friends Advocacy for Mental Health Initiative (FAM) spreads awareness of the importance of mental health. It works to bring services like counseling and support groups to rural communities and schools. The Initiative’s Adolescents Save Haven Club hosts monthly sessions in secondary schools across the country, helping guide youth on their mental health journey, and has since helped over 300 students.

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'You are not alone': In community, young people find antidotes to climate anxiety

Heidi Schlumpf

March 06, 2024 |

National Catholic Reporter |

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Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

To help young adults cope with climate anxiety, groups like Eco-Warriors are emerging at universities and within communities for like-minded individuals to gather and share their concerns and stresses related to climate change. At Loyola University Chicago, Eco-Warriors specifically has reached 30 students, touting a small-group feel where everyone is comfortable sharing their feelings and seeking solace in each other.

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