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South African and Brazilian Youth Leaders Reimagine Global Mental Health Care

Child Mind Intitute

In South Africa, as in many places around the world, young people have faced exclusion from important mental health policy and decision-making spaces, resulting in policies and practices being developed without their voices included.

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The Birth of The “Just Stop It” Movement: A Family’s Journey Through Mental Health Crisis

Mad in America

When the racist system prevailed and the police failed to search for him, we pushed back as a community, with significant media support from mental health advocacy nonprofit organizations like YOURS NY (Youth Opportunities Underlying Resilient Solutions) and Fountain House Clubhouse Bronx.