Mental Health Awareness Month

Check out Next City's extensive reporting on how cities across the county are finding innovative ways to address the mental health needs of their residents.

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How a Non-Carceral Response to Mental Health Crises Is Possible — Even in Big Cities

The Need For Trauma-Informed Care In American Cities

Housing In Brief: Eric Adams’ Flawed Plan For Mental Illness

An Oklahoma Home Is Filling A Major Gap In Child Mental Health Services

Building a Space for Indigenous Healthcare in New York City

Can Peer Support Help Unhoused Portlanders in Crisis?

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How a Majority BIPOC Worker Co-Op Is Disrupting the Field of Therapy

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In Durham, Police Will No Longer Be the Only First Responders for Mental Health Emergencies

Interrupting Cycles of Harm, Inside and Outside Prison Walls

Welcome to Your Friendly Neighborhood Mental Health Center

People With Dementia Can Work on Farms in Holland

The Confess Project: Barbers Help Black Men Talk About Mental Health

Choose to Change Connects Chicago Teens to Therapy, Mentors

How Cities Are Addressing Mental Distress

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Dallas PD Expands Controversial, Though Successful, Mental Health Response Program

Founder and CEO of Promise Resource Network Cherene Allen-Caraco, center, at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the mental health agency's peer-run respite.

Charlotte Opens Peer-Run Respite for People in Mental Health Distress

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