Media Mentions

From Africa, a Push to Boost Mental Health and Friendship Benches Go Global - MindSite News

MindSite News · Jul 08, 2024

A bench and a grandmother's ear: Zimbabwe’s novel mental health therapy spreads overseas - AP News

AP News · Jul 07, 2024

In Zimbabwe, talk therapy involving park benches and a network of grandmothers has become a saving grace for people with …

Zimbabwe's friendship bench: The grandmother-led mental health therapy making waves worldwide | Health - Hindustan Times

Hindustan Times · Jul 05, 2024

Zimbabwe's friendship bench: The grandmother-led mental health therapy making waves worldwide | Health Hindustan Times

Friendship Bench: a community led approach to mental health care - King's College London

King's College London · Jun 04, 2024

The burden of mental illness is felt profoundly in communities who have less access to mental health support. In Zimbabwe, …

Zimbabwe: low-cost, brief psychological intervention helps people with HIV stay virally suppressed - Aidsmap

Google News: Friendship Bench or Dixon Chibanda · Apr 12, 2024

Results from a study published in PLOS Global Public Health show that people with HIV and common mental disorders in …

Friendship Bench reimagines mental health care - The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · Feb 15, 2024

The global mental health crisis requires new approaches - vijesti.me

vijesti.me · Feb 14, 2024

Even the psychiatric systems of rich countries do not have the capacity to offer traditional mental health services to the …

Friendship Bench 'grandmothers' could help control HIV - King's College London

King's College London · Jan 25, 2024

Friendship Bench therapy delivered by community ‘grandmothers’ could empower people living with HIV to take their medication, according to new …

Friendship Bench ‘grandmothers’ could help control HIV - The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine · Jan 25, 2024

The Global Mental Health Crisis Demands New Thinking - The Namibian -

The Namibian - · Jan 23, 2024

The Global Mental Health Crisis Demands New Thinking The Namibian -

Global mental health crisis demands new thinking| Gulf Times - Gulf Times

Gulf Times · Jan 16, 2024

The world is in the grip of a mental health crisis. From rising climate anxiety in rich countries like the …

How counsellor-grandmothers of Zimbabwe are averting a mental health crisis - Al Jazeera

Al Jazeera · Jan 10, 2024

Initiative, started in 2006, addresses shortage of psychosocial help and abundance of mental health issues in Zimbabwe.

The Athens Friendship Bench program announces new community training as its popularity grows - WOUB Public Media -

WOUB Public Media - · Dec 05, 2023

The Athens Friendship Bench program announces new community training as its popularity grows WOUB Public Media -

A grandmother’s empathy offers a safe space for people with mental health conditions - Boehringer Ingelheim

Boehringer Ingelheim · Nov 20, 2023

How Athens County is using ‘friendship benches’ to address a growing public health concern - The Statehouse News Bureau

The Statehouse News Bureau · Nov 17, 2023

The county adopted the idea of friendship benches from Zimbabwe. It aims to address social isolation by bringing trained health …

Zimbabwe’s therapeutic ‘friendship benches’, coming to a city near you - Positive News

Positive News · Jul 26, 2023

A mental health project in Zimbabwe that employs grandmothers to deliver therapy in towns is being rolled out globally. Up …

Mental Health Revolution in Zimbabwe: FRIENDZ Project Aims to Reach 1 million People - WHO | Regional Office for Africa

WHO | Regional Office for Africa · Jul 17, 2023

Mental Health Revolution in Zimbabwe: FRIENDZ Project Aims to Reach 1 million People WHO | Regional Office for Africa

Friendship Bench training program helps community members offer a listening ear - WOUB Public Media -

WOUB Public Media - · May 23, 2023

Friendship Bench training program helps community members offer a listening ear WOUB Public Media -

Friendship Benches Provide Community Mental Health - Smiley Movement

Smiley Movement · Apr 12, 2023

Zimbabwe's Friendship Bench project provides vital community support for mental health, offering safe spaces for open dialogue and ongoing emotional …

A group of grandmothers in Zimbabwe is helping the world reimagine mental health care - The Boston Globe

The Boston Globe · Feb 02, 2023

The Friendship Bench is inexpensive, easy to replicate, and effective. Could it work here?

‘Our vision is a Friendship Bench within walking distance—everywhere’ - McKinsey & Company

McKinsey & Company · Dec 09, 2022

The Impact of Friendship Benches on Mental Health in Zimbabwe - The Borgen Project

The Borgen Project · Dec 01, 2022

Poor countries are developing a new paradigm of mental health care. America is taking note. - vox.com

vox.com · Nov 28, 2022

This is what the future of mental health could look like.

Zimbabwe’s ‘mental health benches’ exported to the World Cup - The Mail & Guardian

The Mail & Guardian · Nov 11, 2022

The therapy model is now being exported to the football World Cup in Qatar, where 32 benches, each representing a …