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    New support line dedicated to helping commercial fishermen
    • Nov 3, 2021
    • 2 min

    New support line dedicated to helping commercial fishermen

    An international mental health partnership kicked off this week to help those in marine trades, including fishermen, cope with the...
    What to help others? Learn to express your own feelings first.
    • Oct 27, 2021
    • 3 min

    What to help others? Learn to express your own feelings first.

    Adults looking to help children struggling with mental health challenges can be more effective by focusing on their own feelings first...
    Suicide prevention is a job for everyone
    • Sep 1, 2021
    • 2 min

    Suicide prevention is a job for everyone

    Last September, when I first became aware of the idea that everyone can help prevent suicide, I wasn't sure what that meant exactly. Did...
    Online guides offer support for parents and children. Start here.
    • Aug 26, 2021
    • 2 min

    Online guides offer support for parents and children. Start here.

    As we get closer to the first day of school, stress is building on both parents and children around what this school year will be like,...
    Help reduce the stigma of a drug-related death on Tuesday
    • Aug 25, 2021
    • 2 min

    Help reduce the stigma of a drug-related death on Tuesday

    You don’t need to know someone who died from an overdose to help survivors pay tribute to their grief over losing a loved one to opioid...
    Kids may need extra support to go back to school this year
    • Aug 18, 2021
    • 3 min

    Kids may need extra support to go back to school this year

    School starts again in a few weeks and I think it's safe to say not everyone is feeling ready for it. In a regular Hope & Health meeting...
    Accepting mental well-being is a process
    • Aug 11, 2021
    • 2 min

    Accepting mental well-being is a process

    One of the things I've learned about mental health while writing this blog over the last year, is just how invisible it is and how that...
    COVID may not be gone, but we’re better prepared to help each other through it
    • Aug 6, 2021
    • 2 min

    COVID may not be gone, but we’re better prepared to help each other through it

    Raising awareness around mental health was at the top of Help and Hope Southcoast's list of things to achieve when we started this blog...
    A lesson in understanding anxiety
    • Jul 29, 2021
    • 3 min

    A lesson in understanding anxiety

    A few weeks back a friend of mine accepted an invitation to visit my house for some food and conversation and to help me identify some of...
    The LGBTQ+ Network supports local youth in style
    • Jul 27, 2021
    • 2 min

    The LGBTQ+ Network supports local youth in style

    As this summer season reaches its peak and we head, unavoidably, toward the start of school again, it's noteworthy to see the significant...
    Adding mental health professionals to crisis calls makes good sense
    • Jul 13, 2021
    • 2 min

    Adding mental health professionals to crisis calls makes good sense

    The recent shift to include professional healthcare assistance on emergency calls that involve mental or behavioral health emergencies is...
    Know who your ESP is
    • Jul 2, 2021
    • 2 min

    Know who your ESP is

    Whenever you think you might need mental health assistance for yourself or a family member, it is always good to learn which local...
    You are not alone
    • Jul 1, 2021
    • 3 min

    You are not alone

    It's been fascinating to watch the conversation around mental health shift in some pretty significant ways over the past year. What was...
    Here’s to eliminating the need to ‘come out’
    • Jun 24, 2021
    • 2 min

    Here’s to eliminating the need to ‘come out’

    There are a lot of good reasons to respect NFL athlete Carl Nassib's recent decision to announce he is gay and to become the first active...
    LGBTQ Pride: Accepting others’ true selves can save lives
    • Jun 3, 2021
    • 3 min

    LGBTQ Pride: Accepting others’ true selves can save lives

    As we head into Pride month, there’s a lot to be concerned about for local LGBTQ youth communities. As a group, these youth struggle with...
    Stopping Elder Abuse
    • Jun 2, 2021
    • 2 min

    Stopping Elder Abuse

    June 15th is World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, an opportunity for us to raise awareness of senior abuse and neglect, and to show all of us...
    Different Voices, Blended Hearts: Suicide Attempt & Loss Survivors Gather at One Table
    • May 21, 2021
    • 3 min

    Different Voices, Blended Hearts: Suicide Attempt & Loss Survivors Gather at One Table

    People who have been touched by an issue -- who’ve felt the pain, confusion, and grief around it -- find their way out and then head back in
    Finding help when you've lost someone to suicide
    • May 18, 2021
    • 2 min

    Finding help when you've lost someone to suicide

    Loss through suicide ripples outward and affects family and friends who will grieve in unique ways, coping not just with the individual’s de
    What are your mental health milestones?
    • May 14, 2021
    • 2 min

    What are your mental health milestones?

    A good friend once reminded me that taking care of my mental health is more than meditating, exercising regularly, or spending time...
    We’ve come a long way in raising mental health awareness
    • May 13, 2021
    • 2 min

    We’ve come a long way in raising mental health awareness

    COVID-19 has brought more awareness to the importance of good mental health than any event in the past decade. As general anxiety and...
     
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