This essay is part of my LinkedIn newsletter series: Wow! How? Health. About two million people in North Carolina experience a mental health or substance use disorder crisis each year. Historically, about half did not receive treatment because of cost, leading to repercussions for families, communities, and individuals. A new Peer Warmline, staffed by counselors […]
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Wow! How? Community as therapy
Social isolation prevents people from getting help. The effect is amplified among people living with serious mental illness. They are the most in need of community support, yet are the least likely to get it in a health care system that is primarily focused on clinical interventions like medication. A recent report by M. Usman, […]
Peer health playbooks
I’m collecting examples of peer health playbooks: the how-to guides that patients and caregivers write so that people following their path won’t stumble into the same pitfalls. If you know of one that is not listed below, please tell me about it in the comments. I AM ALS put together a step-by-step playbook of how […]
Data-driven support for vulnerable populations
How might we reduce the stigma associated mental health, which underpins global health and trauma recovery? How might we use technology to personalize services to support people, whether they are veterans, foster-care kids, returning citizens, or an elder living alone? These are two of the questions that I recently discussed with Paul Dommel, IBM’s Global […]
LGBTQ+ youth are reaching out for help
In partnership with Vicky Rideout and I, Common Sense Media created fact sheets about multiple groups included in our national study (Latinx, Black, female, LGBTQ+ youth, to name a few) and I thought I’d share each slice of data in a series of posts. The complete survey findings, methodology, quotes from participants, fact sheets, and questionnaire […]
Depression, social media use, and digital health
In partnership with Vicky Rideout and I, Common Sense Media created fact sheets based on our national study and I thought I’d share slices of data in a series of posts. The complete survey findings, methodology, quotes from participants, fact sheets, and questionnaire are available here. Here’s the 10-second summary for this featured group, young people […]
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