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After brother’s suicide, Blackfeet sisters are creating a horse-based alternative to talk therapy

Montana Free Press
BLACKFEET RESERVATION — The air was getting colder, winds were picking up, the barn windows needed sealing, and Lynn Mad Plume was at a breaking point.
Her brother Wyatt had taken his own life less than two years before at age 29.

Many Georgians still struggling to access care despite 2022 Mental Health Parity Act

WABE
Kyle Behm was a junior in college when a mental health crisis landed him in the hospital.

For People With Mental Illness, the Path to Disability Benefits Can Be Long and Difficult

Public Health Watch
Every day for a solid year, Krystal Nice would check the Social Security Administration website at 5:15 a.m. for updates. She had applied for disability benefits in April 2024, but kept waiting for a decision. With two children and little income or savings, the monthly $1,537 disability check could help her make ends meet, including paying the rent.

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How researchers are getting farmers to talk about mental health

From Georgia Public Broadcasting (GPB)

Christina Proctor spent many hours during her childhood on the front porches of neighborhood farms in Madison County.

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Farmers have silently struggled with their mental health for years. Are they ready to talk?

From Georgia Public Broadcasting (GPB)

Drew Echols doesn’t remember ever talking with his father about mental health. Or his grandfather. In fact, he doesn’t remember the last time he talked about his mental health at all.

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It’s the most important part of addiction recovery — and often the most difficult to access

From Georgia Public Broadcasting (GPB)

Residents in rural South Georgia are adamantly fighting a zoning request — a faith-based nonprofit called Redeemed Living wants to build cabins for men in addiction recovery on 23 acres of local farmland. But the neighbors don’t want them living next door.

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Why The Pandemic Took An Especially High Mental Health Toll On New Parents

From KPCC

About six weeks after she gave birth to her son in the summer of 2020, Erin Sricharoon was driving to her local Starbucks in Yucaipa to get an iced chai latte when she had to pull over.

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CARE Court Aims To Help People Living With Serious Mental Illnesses. Would It Bring New Solutions Or More Problems?

From KPCC

There’s a bill making its way through the state legislature that aims to create new avenues for people living with a serious mental illness to get life-saving treatment.

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For trans youth in North Texas, finding affirming mental health care can be a challenge

From KERA

Roswell Gray, 17, has seen a lot of different therapists’ offices. They’re always some variation of black and white and gray, the muted tones matching the monotony of having to explain everything over and over again to a new person, in the hopes they’ll be the right fit.

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Permanent funding solution elusive as mental health provider shortage plagues Arizona schools—and students

From the Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting (AZCIR)

At times, seventh grade felt like one long string of panic attacks to Zoe Edelstein.

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Amidst a lack of mental health services, the ‘Living Room’ approach aims to plug gaps

From Side Effects Public Media

After a bad breakup, 19-year-old Benjamin Kowalczyk said everything felt like it was crumbling around him. He dropped out of college, and felt himself getting angry with his family.

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Crisis ‘living rooms’ offer an alternative to emergency room visits and hospitalizations

From WBUR

The new 988 National Suicide Prevention Lifeline number rolls out this Saturday. The majority of crisis hotline calls can be resolved over the phone. But for those who need in-person help, facilities called Living Rooms are a welcome alternative.

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