Two leading practitioners discuss how they do individual and group therapy that children want to take part in, using Minecraft, the most popular video game in the world. A MindSite News webinar.
Several cities and counties are addressing street homelessness with a new approach, which experts say can clear encampments while protecting the health of people who are forced to move.
Border militarization is making it harder for healthcare workers to reach people who use drugs.
Trump’s immigration crackdown is creating deep stress and fear among some longtime residents and prompting them to flee the country. They leave behind fractured communities and grieving loved ones.
Rural schools in Colorado have been making use of federal AmericaCorps funding to serve their students. Cuts by the Trump administration are making that a challenge.
From New York City to Salt Lake City, Fountain House and affiliated clubhouses have created plans to feed members impacted by cutoff of SNAP funds
People in the reentry program can receive housing, job training and substance use treatment.
A look at the Gaza ceasefire, the difficult road to rebuilding and addressing mental health needs there, plus tips for couples on de-escalating arguments, and the changing trend of veteran suicide in the US.
Such alliances can provide LGBTQ+ students safe, welcoming places to connect
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Therapists describe greater stress, anxiety, anger and fear among Latino patients in Los Angeles since immigration raids intensified in June.
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A Chicago mental health provider is offering an alternative to police response by sending peer specialists to mental health crises.
About 40% of involuntary commitments over a decade showed a trail of violence, overdose and suicide in Pittsburgh.
Lack of community care has forced children into hospitals and residential facilities. Legal agreement charts a new direction.
The Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump story is more than just a political scandal. It is also a story about girls and young women who were viciously exploited and whose mental health is likely to suffer for years to come – perhaps for a lifetime.
At least 34 boys from the Dozier School were later sentenced to death. Did abuse make them more violent?
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Rural communities could lose their mental health and substance use disorder funding amid Trump administration cuts to health services.
For the first time, research has linked Head Start with a reduced risk of gun violence among kids when they become young adults.
As Trump administration cuts off the 988 Lifeline's Option 3 for focused LGBTQ+ support, Hopelab and Born This Way Foundation release report showing great needs for LGBTQ+ youth in rural areas and their heavy use of digital tools to connect for support.
To meet a state requirement, San Francisco must examine and potentially redesign its system of behavioral health care over the next year, with input from the public. This could be an opportunity to improve services.
This 6-3 ruling may embolden more states to ban gender-affirming care at a time when the Trump administration has prioritized restricting it for transgender people.
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Some therapists who had trouble connecting with youth turned to another source of connection: Minecraft therapy, which follows the approach of play therapy. In this webinar, we’ll talk with two leading experts in the promising genre.
How Minecraft Therapy Is Transforming Child and Teen Mental Health Care
