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The Power of Placemaking to Build a Stronger Social Infrastructure
In the United States, there is an epidemic that is as lethal as smoking 15 cigarettes a day. It’s be
en linked to heart disease, strokes, dementia, and other ills.,
Placemaking and community building are critical to combatting an epidemic of loneliness.
, This placemaking doesn’t happen by accident. It requires an intentional focus.
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We Need to Rethink Behavioral Health Treatment in America
As our nation grapples with a mental health and substance use (behavioral health) crisis stemming in
part from decades of insufficient funding for services and research, it is time for a significant investment in behavioral health treatment.,
Leading scientists are calling for a ‘moonshot’ to change the nation’s approach to behavioral health.
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Who can provide and receive help. Currently, we focus on helping those with a diagnosis, often after they are in crisis, which means we are not intervening at the earliest moments of psychological distress when we could mini
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