developing mental wealth Archives - Positive News Good journalism about good things Mon, 15 Jul 2024 14:38:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.positive.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/cropped-P.N_Icon_Navy-150x150.png developing mental wealth Archives - Positive News 32 32 It’s easy, it’s everywhere: the simple solution improving mental health around the globe https://www.positive.news/society/simple-solution-improving-mental-health-around-the-globe/ Mon, 20 May 2024 12:00:20 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=480779 The common strand linking successful mental health projects from Guatemala to Zimbabwe and India

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]]> Gaza’s children: play in a time of crisis https://www.positive.news/society/gazas-children-play-in-a-time-of-crisis/ Fri, 17 May 2024 13:13:02 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=480503 In Gaza, psychological first aid projects like the Free Gaza Circus are providing play, support and laughter amid a bitter war

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]]> Salon therapy: the Ivory Coast hairdressers tackling a mental health crisis https://www.positive.news/lifestyle/health/the-ivory-coast-hairdressers-tackling-a-mental-health-crisis/ Mon, 06 May 2024 10:00:48 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=479039 A scheme that trains hairdressers across west Africa in counselling is shifting the narrative around mental health one braid at a time

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]]> From Lagos to Lima: seven striking photos from our trailblazing mental health series https://www.positive.news/lifestyle/from-lagos-to-lima-seven-striking-photographs-from-our-trailblazing-mental-health-series/ Wed, 20 Mar 2024 12:52:57 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=474676 Our photographers tell us the human stories behind their favourite shots

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]]> Lima’s neurodivergent picnic movement is liberating Peruvians from stigma and abuse https://www.positive.news/society/neurodivergent-picnic-lima-peru/ Wed, 13 Mar 2024 13:42:09 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=473029 What started as a picnic for neurodiverse people has become a grassroots movement pushing Peruvian society for acceptance and recognition

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]]> The township caravan tackling South Africa’s femicide problem – the African way https://www.positive.news/society/tackling-south-africa-femicide-the-african-way/ Wed, 24 Jan 2024 12:04:43 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=468668 In South Africa, women are five times more likely to die at the hands of a partner. A creative new therapy is rooting out violence

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]]> Five things we’ve learned making a series on community-led mental health projects around the world https://www.positive.news/lifestyle/what-learned-community-led-mental-health-projects/ Tue, 26 Dec 2023 08:08:05 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=464099 The enviable childcare situation of Guatemalan parents, and why ‘stringers’ have the best job on earth

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]]> The Nordic way: why the alternative Finnish approach to psychosis is going global https://www.positive.news/society/the-finnish-approach-to-psychosis/ Mon, 11 Dec 2023 14:51:58 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=461196 Developed by Finnish doctors in the 1980s, 'open dialogue' dramatically improves outcomes for those in crisis

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]]> Circles of hope: the Guatemalan women reviving Indigenous concepts of mental wellbeing https://www.positive.news/world/guatemala-circles-of-hope-mental-health/ Fri, 08 Dec 2023 12:53:18 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=460634 Following decades of civil war, a community collective in Guatemala uses sharing circles to revive Indigenous concepts of mental health

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]]> Solutions without borders: sending our journalism global https://www.positive.news/perspective/solutions-without-borders-sending-our-journalism-global/ Wed, 11 Oct 2023 10:15:40 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=452671 From the UK to Kenya, we’ve been training up reporters in solutions journalism, thanks to a grant

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