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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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Peer-to-peer: How former addicts help guide others through recovery

Melissa Brown

September 28, 2018 |

The Montgomery Advertiser |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Montgomery, Alabama

With a new program of certified “recovery support specialists,” Alabama residents have a peer to help them navigate the challenges of everyday life in recovery from substance use disorder. Research has found that peer support programs help people reduce the desire to relapse as well as reduce feelings of guilt and shame.

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Young, gifted - and ready to tackle the mental illness epidemic

Ammar Kalia

September 28, 2018 |

The Guardian |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United Kingdom

The Think Ahead program in England is training recent college graduates for careers public mental health with a two-year, working Master’s program. These new graduates may be half the age of the average social worker, but they’re filling an important gap—social workers are in short supply in England, but the number of detentions under the Mental Health Act is increasing. The program is now taking on its fourth cohort and looking to expand nationally.

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Is acupuncture a viable alternative to opioids for patients in pain?

Alan Yu

September 26, 2018 |

Public Radio International (PRI) |

Radio |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States

Several states are supporting the use of acupuncture to curb pain and opioid reliance, despite inconclusive scientific evidence of its efficacy. Chronic pain sufferers who experience relief from acupuncture say they don't need scientific evidence to know the procedure helps. As the death toll of the opioid epidemic continues to rise, an increasing number of states are considering covering the treatment.

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Sauti toll free telephone line helping Ugandan children avert violence

Jacky Achan

September 25, 2018 |

New Vision |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Uganda

Uganda has sub-Saharan Africa’s only government-run child helpline--a free way for children to report physical, emotional, and sexual violence perpetrated against them. Police are supposed to work with probation officers to investigate the situation and connect children with medical and legal help. However, resource shortages remain, and some health workers refer victims to private clinics to make more money.

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Solving America's painkiller paradox

German Lopez

September 25, 2018 |

Vox |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States

In a recent study, doctors who were told one of their patients had died prescribed 10% fewer opiates than doctors in a control group. The letters came with recommendations from the CDC for not overprescribing painkillers.

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ADHD drugs could help ice addicts kick the habit

Richard Willingham

September 25, 2018 |

ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: Australia

Three Australian states are using ADHD medication to reduce cravings for patients in detox from methamphetamine use s part of a trial. The trials are a first worldwide and researchers hope the method will result in better social outcomes for recovering drug abusers.

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How impact investors can better serve communities: ask them what they need

Eillie Anzilotti

September 24, 2018 |

FastCompany |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Williamson, West Virginia

Impact Experience is an organization that bridges the gap between impact investors and the communities in which they want to invest, from West Virginia to Houston and more. These “experiences” occur during retreats in cities across the country that could use investment. Jenna Nicholas, the founder of Impact Experience, uses this time to help people build genuine relationships that lead to long-lasting investments. In Williamson, West Virginia alone, the experiences have led to $25 million in local funding.

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U.S. Surgeon General: Use partnerships, end stigmas to stop opioid epidemic

Anne Hillman

September 23, 2018 |

Alaska Public Media |

Radio |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Alaska

U.S. Surgen General Jerome Adams speaks out about the significance of reducing stigma around substance abuse and mental health to normalize the illnesses and open doors for sufferers to seek help. Dispensation of Naloxone, an overdose reversing drug, went up 40% since he issued a Surgeon General's advisory on its use.

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The city curing violence like a disease

Thomas Mackintosh

September 21, 2018 |

BBC |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: England, London

The Cure Violence program in Chicago uses former gang members as "violence interrupters" to intervene in imminent gun violence incidents, a public-health approach that treats violence like a communicable disease that can be contained before it spreads. Neighborhoods using the approach have experienced drops in violence. London officials, seeing that the program had similar positive effects when used by Scotland's Violence Reduction Unit, are starting a program to respond to high rates of knife crimes. But the amount they are investing is too small, one criminologist warns.

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