Mental Health

What happens when men get together to talk about their lives? Escazú decided to find out

Esteban Umaña Picado - May 24, 2024

At six in the evening, already dark, the smell of coffee greets me when I’m still four steps away from the door of Classroom...

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HIV in Costa Rica, part 3: Miguel decides to live

Katherine Stanley Obando - September 12, 2023

Miguel is not going to let anything get in the way of telling his story. Of the three people we talk to on this...

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Rural Media Spotlight: Can shipping containers improve mental health access in Garabito?

Katherine Stanley Obando - February 10, 2023

As 2023 began, a major theme in national media coverage of mental health care in Costa Rica was a shortage of staff and resources...

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Can Costa Rican municipalities safeguard caregivers’ mental health?

Katherine Stanley Obando - December 10, 2022

“Mom, don’t do that. Mom, make sure you don’t fall down. Mom, you ok over there?” Psychologist Giselle Chanto is trying to show me how...

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Is journalism an obsession or addiction among the profession’s retirees?

Nivaria Perera - June 30, 2022

““There are as may kinds of minds as there are palates” -Baruch Spinoza I asked this question to a few retired colleagues. Some responded quickly. Others took...

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How to build a community network for suicide prevention

Katherine Stanley Obando - June 26, 2022

Psychologist Catalina Calderón works for the Costa Rican Ministry of Health in the North Central Health Administration. This region encompasses the entire province of...

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Training for medical workers seeks to reduce mental health care gap in Costa Rica

Katherine Stanley Obando - June 25, 2022

“This is too much,” says Dr. Ninfa Salas. “We’re so scared.” That’s how the Regional Psychology Supervisor for the Huetar Norte Region of Costa Rica’s...

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Should psychiatric hospitals cease to exist?

Katherine Stanley Obando - June 24, 2022

What if a microphone were given to people whose voices we don't normally hear? What if a radio program was broadcast from a psychiatric...

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For everyone experiencing depression

Cris Gomar - June 20, 2022

This month for our special edition of Mental Health we deliver our Half Orange column—which focuses on love, in all its forms—to an initiative...

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For all the people who hesitate before psychiatric treatment

Cris Gomar - June 14, 2022

This month, for our special edition on Mental Health, we are handing over our Media Naranja column—which focuses on love, in all its forms—to...