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Mental Health

A collection of mental health news and resources.

The 'Rainflower Project' helps people talk through tragedy

The 'Rainflower Project' helps people talk through tragedy

A huge collection of individually made ceramic flowers lights up a suburban Twin Cities yard with its beauty. However, the “Rainflower Project” also serves as a way to spur conversations about mental health and suicide.
by Myah Christenson

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New law creates 988 hotline for mental health emergencies

New law creates 988 hotline for mental health emergencies

President Donald Trump has signed a bipartisan bill creating a three-digit hotline for mental health emergencies. Mental health advocates say it will bring mental health crisis response into the 21st century.
by Rhitu Chatterjee

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Removing cops from behavioral crisis calls: 'We need to change the model'

Removing cops from behavioral crisis calls: 'We need to change the model'

San Francisco will soon launch the nation's largest experiment that diverts most nonviolent mental health and behavioral crisis calls away from police and to specially trained mobile units.
by Eric Westervelt

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Helping hands need a break, too: How to lend support without burning out

Helping hands need a break, too: How to lend support without burning out

These days there are hundreds of reasons to open your heart to others, but it's easy to get exhausted. Try these tips honed by social workers for staying empathetic — and healthy.
by Juli Fraga and Kelsey Crowe

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Juggling financial stress and caregiving, parents are 'very not OK' in the pandemic

Juggling financial stress and caregiving, parents are 'very not OK' in the pandemic

The pandemic economy is squeezing families with kids: 74 percent of those earning less than $100,000 report serious financial woes, in an NPR poll. Experts worry about lasting impacts on kids' mental health.
by Rhitu Chatterjee

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Military suicides up as much as 20 percent in COVID-19 era

Military suicides up as much as 20 percent in COVID-19 era

Military suicides have increased by as much as 20 percent this year compared to the same period in 2019, and some incidents of violent behavior have spiked as service members struggle under COVID-19, war-zone deployments, national disasters and civil unrest.
by The Associated Press

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Mental health and police violence: How crisis intervention teams are failing

Mental health and police violence: How crisis intervention teams are failing

Efforts are growing to remove or reduce the role of police in responding to people in a mental health crisis. Critics and proponents alike say a widely adopted police program has too often failed.
by Eric Westervelt

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