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The Friendship Bench: Bringing talk therapy into underserved communities

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Dr. Dixon Chibanda , a psychiatrist in Zimbabwe , started a talk therapy program that brings mental healthcare directly into underserved communities.

The Friendship Bench is expanding to vulnerable communities in 9 countries and counting, including the U.S. He chronicled this journey in a new book: " The Friendship Bench: How Fourteen Grandmothers Inspired a Mental Health Revolution ".

" The Friendship Bench: How Fourteen Grandmothers Inspired a Mental Health Revolution " Dixon Chibanda: "After retirement there's still something, you know, that I can do that can help others" The National Alliance on Mental Illness can be reached at 1-800-950 -NAMI ( 6264 ) or email [email protected].

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