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Mental Health Information

Phoenix61

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6. Very cool! I'm a new board member on a

Reply to TreasonousBastard (Original post)

Sat Dec 26, 2020, 10:33 AM

Dec 2020

local non-profit and one of the goals in increasing access to mental health care in traditionally African-American neighborhoods. I can do see this working there. There’s a lot of research that shows peer counseling is just as effective as professional counseling. I’ll definitely be looking into this.

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This message was self-deleted by its author CatLady78 Dec 2020 #1

A really good proactive idea burrowowl Dec 2020 #2

Excellent idea! 👏👏👏👏👏 SheltieLover Dec 2020 #3

The original effort in Zimbabwe trained grandmothers to be the listeners LearnedHand Dec 2020 #4

Not the same thing I know, but this is big in elementary schools JDC Dec 2020 #5

Very cool! I'm a new board member on a Phoenix61 Dec 2020 #6