Mental Health

Our independent, women-run media organization shares in-depth journalism about solutions to environmental and social challenges—including mental health, which is under threat like never before in Costa Rica and Central America. Contact us to suggest a mental health solution we should cover in Central America in 2024, or to learn more about how to partner with us as a donor or sponsor so that we can share more solutions across the region.

Why not this? Peer-to-peer mental health support

When we published our first edition on mental health in 2022, one of the biggest limitations we came up against was: there just aren’t enough professionals. When Costa Ricans—particularly rural Costa Ricans—need a psychologist or a psychiatrist, there just isn’t a way to get them one. That’s why this story out of Zambia caught our […]

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