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  • New York's Suicide Prevention Program Is the First of Its Kind in the U.S.

    June 29, 2018 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Across the United States, suicide rates are increasing every year, and funding for mental health care is not rising to meet this growing need. New York will be the first state to implement a successful European program called The Attempted Suicide Short Intervention Program (ASSIP), which consists of three counseling sessions with a person who has attempted suicide, and includes follow-ups for two years after entry into the program.

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  • From Tele-Psychiatry to Collaboration, Ohio Tries to Reach its Mental Health Deserts

    June 06, 2018 |

    WKSU |

    Radio |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Ohio

    There aren’t enough medical health care professionals to go around in Ohio—especially not in rural areas. Telepsychiatry is filling the void for residents of what the state is calling “mental health deserts,” though some say the services are too impersonal. The state is working towards increased collaborative care, where teams of medical professionals are led by one psychiatrist.

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  • 'Care BnB'- the town where mentally ill people lodge with locals

    May 18, 2018 |

    The Guardian |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Belgium, Geel

    Residents of a small town in Belgium take in "boarders", people who have disabilities that render them unable to live alone. Many of these boarders stay with their host families for several decades, and they all participate in household duties so that both family and boarder benefits. This solution allows people who might otherwise have to live in a facility to integrate into society and live as normally as possible.

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  • Healing

    May 12, 2018 |

    Temple University |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    To reduce the stigma around seeking treatment for addiction, the Interim House in Philadelphia provides a women-exclusive program that focus on treating past traumas through the use of dialectical behavior therapy. Based on the idea that women are more open to talking about their histories in women-only settings, the program increases trust between therapist and client as well as between the women attending the program.

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  • Support

    May 12, 2018 |

    Temple University |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    In Philadelphia, the Recovery Overdose Survivor Engagement (ROSE) project has seen success in connecting at-risk patients and those who have survived an overdose to treatment centers and counseling services. Since its launch, trained recovery specialists engaged 125 people and coordinated 78 treatment referrals. After an overdose, people usually receive emergency treatment in the form of naloxone, but getting treatment after that to prevent future overdoses is usually more rare.

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  • Giving vulnerable residents help before mental health issues land them in jail

    April 09, 2018 |

    PBS NewsHour |

    Broadcast TV News |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Kansas City, Kansas

    Kansas City is trying to prevent people who have mental health or substance abuse disorders, from committing crimes. In order to do that, the city created a police crisis intervention team. They help people access treatment through the Kansas City Assessment and Triage Center, or other treatment centers. “Everything we do here is to really bridge them into whatever that long-term need is.” It’s too early to tell if the method is working, but police officers, judges, and addicts, argue it is. “It's amazing. It puts a smile on my face every day, and I have got a future coming.”

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  • For Many Female Vets, Healing From Trauma Starts With the Eyes

    March 06, 2018 |

    NationSwell |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) is a therapeutic technique that accesses and heals trauma by mimicking brain processes present during sleep. New studies have found that EMDR has been effective in helping veterans process traumatic events and injuries sustained during combat.

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  • Could Managed Consumption Be a Better Form of Treatment for Alcoholism?

    February 08, 2018 |

    Pacific Standard |

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    Response Location: Canada, Ottawa, Ontario

    A facility in Ottawa called The Oaks gives alcoholics small amounts of alcohol throughout the day, and a place to live, to help them manage their addiction. Although research on the effectiveness of alcoholic recovery programs is limited, facilities like The Oaks that don't force abstinence from alcohol actually end up costing taxpayers less. This is because alcoholics in these facilities take fewer trips to the emergency room and have fewer run-ins with law enforcement, because they aren't on the streets binge drinking.

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  • ‘I Never Thought That Would Happen in Our Family'

    December 27, 2017 |

    Gulfshore Life |

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    Response Location: United States, North Naples, Florida

    A network of pediatric care providers and mental health specialists are teaming up to offer comprehensive mental health services for children in Florida, something that has previously been neglected. The Healthcare Network of Southwest Florida establishes mental health checkups are part of the primary health care for children with their Beautiful Minds initiative, which also creates the network of integrated care. Today the Healthcare Network has psychologists in all 16 of their pediatric and adult practices and as a result has seen behavioral health visits jump from 964 in 2013 to 4,606 in 2016.

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  • Officials explore options to expand psychiatric hospital to southern NM

    November 28, 2017 |

    NMPolitics.net |

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    Response Location: United States, Las Vegas, New Mexico

    The only psychiatric hospital in New Mexico is in the north, which means frequent trips must be made from the south to bring new patients which is expensive and makes it difficult for southern families to visit. There is a new push to build a psychiatric hospital in the south to decrease the transportation of patients and include families in care, but there are space and financial issues with this new idea.

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