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UHMP welcomes new staffers
Two media veterans and three new faces have been added to the expanding UHMP team!
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After five months of Therapy (Thursday), UHMP and viewers say it’s working
In May 2021, UHMP introduced “Therapy Thursdays,” half-hour discussions with mental health experts and people with lived experience livestreamed on our Instagram account.
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Opioid Addiction: Like a “Silverback Gorilla on Your Back”
Paul Moore, like others with substance use disorder, didn’t set out to become addicted to opioids. And like many, he started off experimenting with less addictive drugs. But living with depression led Moore to seek stronger drugs in order to “feel something,” he said.
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“Stop it! You’re making me sick!”: Moving documentary spotlights the pivotal battle to declassify homosexuality as illness
The film, “Cured,” tells the inspiring story of the brave individuals who successfully used tactics ranging from protests to medical research and data to convince the powerful APA to remove the stigmatizing label from its “Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)...
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Content & Programs Update: Fall 2021
Fall is off to a great start with our “Pandemic-era Youth Mental Health: The Way Forward” workshop, which launched October 4th with a group of nine students from five states attending sessions twice a week. The group will produce at least two feature stories and three videos about how schools across the country are responding to their students’ increased need for mental health services since the pandemic began...
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A Message From Our Founder

Our student-instructor teams covered mental health and social justice work by youth leaders in six cities under a new content partnership with the nonprofit America’s Promise Alliance. Another UHMP team will cover the December annual meeting of the Sozosei Foundation, a new funder working on the decriminalization of mental illness.
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What We Are Working On

Students who participate in the Urban Health Media Project work on stories about various social issues such as teen suicide, domestic violence, poverty and mental health stigma. They interview doctors, journalists, politicians and other experts about these issues. Students write and produce their own articles and use facts and statistics to support their points. In addition to writing, students have the opportunity to learn, hands-on, how to use the cameras to shoot photos and capture video and audio.

UHMP welcomes new staffers

Adding new skills, enthusiasm to team By Hermes Falcon Urban Health Media Project Two media veterans and three new faces...

After five months of Therapy (Thursday), UHMP and viewers say it’s working

They gain valuable advice on when and how to seek, give help In May 2021, UHMP introduced “Therapy Thursdays,” half-hour...

Content & Programs Update: Fall 2021

A lot has happened since our last update over the summer, with new programs launching, stories published and a whole...

Message from our CEO

It is such a pivotal time in the Urban Health Media Project’s history. Our student-instructor teams covered mental health and...

“Stop it! You’re making me sick!”: Moving documentary spotlights the pivotal battle to declassify homosexuality as illness

By Julianne Hill and Hermes Falcon Urban Health Media Project As recently as 1973, homosexuality was considered a “sexual deviancy”...

Opioid Addiction: Like a “Silverback Gorilla on Your Back”

Talking Recovery, Stigma on Therapy Thursday By Hermes Falcon Paul Moore, like others with substance use disorder, didn’t set out...

Missouri high school students recommend ways to improve school safety, student mental health

By Brie Zeltner and Malaya Mason St. Louis, MO - More licensed therapists on campus. Requiring parent or guardian participation...

Borough students talk mental health, racism in local high schools

By Brie Zeltner and Sarah Gandluri For Justin Soyka, the crisis came in middle school. During his 8th grade year,...

Staten Island high school students face racial segregation, bullying and mental health issues

By Pamela Rentz and Malaya Mason Youth leaders in high schools across Staten Island say that some of the biggest...

Missouri high school students call for more mental health services in schools to increase feelings of safety

St. Louis, Missouri -- Feeling safe in school was a problem in Missouri even before the pandemic added the unprecedented...

UHMP welcomes new staffers

By UHMP staff /

Adding new skills, enthusiasm to team By Hermes Falcon Urban Health Media Project Two media veterans and three new faces...

After five months of Therapy (Thursday), UHMP and viewers say it’s working

By Adrian Gibbons /

They gain valuable advice on when and how to seek, give help In May 2021, UHMP introduced “Therapy Thursdays,” half-hour...

Content & Programs Update: Fall 2021

By Brie Zeltner /

A lot has happened since our last update over the summer, with new programs launching, stories published and a whole...

Message from our CEO

By Jayne O'Donnell /

It is such a pivotal time in the Urban Health Media Project’s history. Our student-instructor teams covered mental health and...

“Stop it! You’re making me sick!”: Moving documentary spotlights the pivotal battle to declassify homosexuality as illness

By UHMP staff /

By Julianne Hill and Hermes Falcon Urban Health Media Project As recently as 1973, homosexuality was considered a “sexual deviancy”...

UHMP welcomes new staffers

Two media veterans and three new faces have been added to the expanding UHMP team!

After five months of Therapy (Thursday), UHMP and viewers say it’s working

In May 2021, UHMP introduced “Therapy Thursdays,” half-hour discussions with mental health experts and people with lived experience livestreamed on our Instagram account.

Opioid Addiction: Like a “Silverback Gorilla on Your Back”

Paul Moore, like others with substance use disorder, didn’t set out to become addicted to opioids. And like many, he started off experimenting with less addictive drugs. But living with depression led Moore to seek stronger drugs in order to “feel something,” he said.

“Stop it! You’re making me sick!”: Moving documentary spotlights the pivotal battle to declassify homosexuality as illness

The film, “Cured,” tells the inspiring story of the brave individuals who successfully used tactics ranging from protests to medical research and data to convince the powerful APA to remove the stigmatizing label from its “Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)...

Content & Programs Update: Fall 2021

A Message From Our Founder

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