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Mental health benefits: Understanding where to start | BenefitsPRO Employers and HR departments should consider the following ways they can help ease the stress among their workforce. https://www.benefitspro.com//not-sure-where-to-start-with/

Group therapy is a form of psychotherapy that can help people manage mental health conditions or cope with negative experiences and behaviors. Learn more here. https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/group-therapy

Your Employees Are Comfortable Talking about Mental Health, You Better Be too Gen-Z finds mental health discussions normal. Be prepared. https://www.inc.com//what-to-do-when-your-employees-bring-

Responding to employees’ mental health in a pandemic-rocked world The pandemic is having an outsized impact on mental health. Learn best steps and practices that companies are taking to support employees. https://venturebeat.com//responding-to-employees-mental-h/

What if public health officials could track mental health crises as they happen? A new Mental Health America dashboard backed by Lundbeck looks to do just that. The national dashboard will historical and real-time data to identify vulnerable local areas and deploy rapid-response care as hotspots surface. https://www.fiercepharma.com//lundbeck-taps-big-data-partn

CARE spoke to people around the globe about what they’re worried about and they deduced that the pandemic has had a devastating impact on women's mental health. https://www.forbes.com//coronavirus-has-caused-a-crisis-/

6 steps to creating a workplace mental health & well-being strategy | BenefitsPRO If there is anything good that has come out of this pandemic, it's that it has become more acceptable to admit that we are not ok. https://www.benefitspro.com//6-steps-to-creating-a-workp/

How The Unplug Collective Is Creating a Space for Mental-Health Camaraderie The founders of The Unplug Collective have made it their mission to empower and amplify people whose stories might otherwise go unheard. https://www.vogue.com//how-the-unplug-collective-is-creati

Mental Health And Police Violence: How Crisis Intervention Teams Are Failing. Efforts are growing to remove or reduce the role of police in responding to people in a mental health crisis. Critics and proponents alike say a widely adopted program has too often failed. https://www.npr.org//mental-health-and-police-violence-how

Mental Health Association starts COVID support groups - Montclair Local News The Mental Health Association of Essex and Morris has started two support groups for people dealing with COVID-19 and its effects https://www.montclairlocal.news//covid-support-groups-mon/

Using mental health software, practice reduces depression for 59% of patients. At Commonwealth Pain & Spine, patients completed more than 3,400 assessments in 90 days and an average of 34 activities per patient in the first month. https://www.healthcareitnews.com//using-mental-health-soft

How the pandemic forced mental health care to change for the better. Teletherapy is the future of mental health services. But it won’t be enough to solve America’s mental health crisis. https://www.vox.com//what-is-teletherapy-mental-health-onl

Supporting Mental Health and Well-Being During COVID - WORT 89.9 FM There’s been a drastic uptick in reported stress, anxiety, and depression since the start of the pandemic. Today on the show, we discuss what it means to support our mental health and well-being during this time of upheaval with mental healthcare professionals Lisa Baker and Myra McNair. https://www.wortfm.org/supporting-mental-health-and-well-b/

In this Special Feature, we look at some of the ways in which voting and civic engagement may benefit mental health and overall well-being. https://www.medicalnewstoday.com//how-could-voting-benefit

Mental health advocates, prevention agencies, survivors, and community members work to promote suicide prevention awareness on World Suicide Prevention Day and throughout the month of September. https://kstp.com//resources-suicide-prevention-me/5858089/

About 40% of adults have struggled with their mental health during the pandemic, a number that rose to half of health care workers also reported troubles amid the crisis, according to the Office of Mental Health this week in testimony to state lawmakers. https://spectrumlocalnews.com//mental-health-struggles-on-

Coronavirus Pandemic Affects Young Adults’ Mental Health More Than Older Americans: Poll The mental health toll of the pandemic hasn't improved as it stretches on, the poll finds. https://www.forbes.com//coronavirus-pandemic-affects-you/

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) recently expanded the Hope4Healers Helpline to support North Carolina teachers, school personnel and their families. https://www.wect.com//ncdhhs-expands-mental-health-suppor/

A mountain of troubling data about rising mental health problems has health advocates and providers worried about the need for additional support for struggling students and the ability of colleges to provide it. https://www.insidehighered.com//students-great-need-mental

How are officers trained to deal with mental health calls? Body-worn cameras on the Rochester Police officers involved in the Daniel Prude case give us all a look at how the encounter unfolded. https://www.whec.com//how-are-officers-trained-to/5858245/