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The volunteers delivering life-saving mental health support

Community-based approaches provide startling results without need for expensive clinical care

Time was already running out when Texas pastor Veron Blue heard that a young woman in her community was contemplating suicide.

“She had a plan that night, while her mom was at work, to take her own life,” said Blue, co-founder of a non-denominational church in San Antonio. Searching out professional care was not an option at such short notice. “We had to help her that day.”

Blue, who is part of a project that gives pastors and other church members the tools to support people with deteriorating mental health in their communities, was able to guide the 25-year-old through her crisis.

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