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Pediatric Partners Screens For Risk, Teaches Resiliency

Mary Shinn

October 02, 2018 |

Durango Herald |

Multi-Media |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Colorado

Integrating behavioral health care with primary pediatric care helps address chronic, long-term issues. Using grant funding, Pediatric Partners of the Southwest improved its approach to health care. The introduction of screenings for social determinants of health allows pediatricians to direct families to the proper resources.

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Teachers use meditation apps in class to rewire kids' brains, improve performance

Angelica LaVito

September 30, 2018 |

CNBC |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States

Teachers are increasingly turning to meditation and mindfulness apps in their classrooms to address student anxiety and reduce fighting and behavioral disruptions. The co-founder of Calm, an app that partners with schools, explained, “I think a lot of education focuses on remembering facts or things that aren’t necessarily dealing with your own life skills or tools to deal with emotions … if we can teach the kids to meditate, that’s an amazing, actually world-changing opportunity.”

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Creating connections: Solutions to youth suicide in La Plata County

Mary Shinn

September 28, 2018 |

Durango Herald |

Multi-Media |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Colorado

Creating and strengthening relationships within a community is crucial in suicide prevention efforts. In Colorado, community and non-profit organizations have come together to address the problem of youth suicide. An approach that enrolls institutions such as schools, medical centers, and social spaces can increase youth access to healthy relationships as well as resources and mental health care support.

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How Suicide Trainings, Community Connections Could Patch Holes In Amador's Mental Health Safety Net

Sammy Caiola

September 13, 2018 |

CapRadio |

Multi-Media |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Amador County, California

Community members of Amador County are implementing suicide trainings and community events to help intervene in crises and destigmatize talking about mental health. Using "leftover dollars from the state’s Proposition 63 millionaire tax," these efforts have resulted in community conversations and events such as suicide walks.

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Strength in Numbers

Amy Yee

September 01, 2018 |

Stanford Social Innovation Review |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Uganda, Kampala

Group therapy has helped women experiencing depression in poor communities in Kampala. Since 2014, more than 25,110 women have met in small groups with trained peer facilitators, and after completing the program about 86 percent say they are no longer depressed.

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What Is Barbershop Therapy?

Celeste Hamilton Dennis

August 23, 2018 |

Yes! Magazine |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Arkansas

Beyond the Shop is training barbers to serve as mental health advocates and "first responders" for the black male community in southern states. The programming and training encourages and allows men to open up about vulnerabilities and stresses in an environment they trust and are already comfortable in - one survey found that 58 percent of barbershop-goers would be more likely to seek treatment if a therapist was based in the barbershop.

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Searching For A Cure For Japan's Loneliness Epidemic

Marc Prosser

August 15, 2018 |

The Huffington Post |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Japan

Japan is using robots to combat excessive national loneliness. Many people live, age, and die alone. Though experts say that nothing replaces meaningful human contact, family members report that relatives who use the robots have an improved quality of life.

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'We Are Going To Survive': Douglas Students Use Music, Art To Heal At Camp Shine

Jessica Bakeman

August 14, 2018 |

WLRN |

Multi-Media |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Parkland, Florida

Camp Shine, is helping student survivors of the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, heal. Through art, dance, and music, they are processing their trauma. The camp, was founded by two upperclassmen from MSDHS who believe in the idea of healing through art. Data shows it’s working. Researchers from the University of Miami who surveyed the students before and after the camp saw a reduction in PTSD symptoms. "They're here to have fun, but they're also here to heal.”

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The right to disconnect: The new laws banning after-hours work emails

Rich Haridy

August 14, 2018 |

New Atlas |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States

France, Italy, Germany, and now the U.S. are passing “anti-stress” laws, which make it illegal or harder for workers to receive emails after work. Research shows that when employees expect to be contacted after work through email, their levels of anxiety and stress go up. "I think this will lessen a lot of the anxiety that goes with having a job in the city and allow people to draw their own lines about when work ends."

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How Native American Children Benefit From Trauma-Informed Schools

Tanya H. Lee

August 10, 2018 |

Yes! Magazine |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Montana

Native American children are 2.5 times more likely to experience trauma than their non-Native peers. Recognizing the significant impact of trauma on these students and others, a group of Montana public schools has fought against funding shortages and lackluster buy-in to employ a trauma-sensitive approach to teaching. One school nurse explains, "All teachers are trained in how to respond to behaviors by asking questions such as, ‘I wonder what happened to them,’ versus ‘Why are they acting this way?’”

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