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“If we want our young people to be successful, we can’t just focus on academics. We have to focus on social and emotional needs of children,” she said. “The only way to do that well is to give everyone an...

Department of Corrections Acting Secretary John Wetzel, today, announced the appointment of Lynn Patrone as the head of the DOC’s newly-created Office of Mental Health Advocate. In this capacity, Patrone reports directly to the secretary of corrections. 05/21/2015 Link to...

As the nation focuses on mental health during Mental Health Awareness Week, Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart announced Tuesday, May, 19 clinical psychologist Dr. Nneka Jones Tapia will be the new executive director of the Cook County Jail. Tapia testified...

The video – “Opening Minds – Ending Stigma” – features personal stories of how mental health illness, and in some cases suicides, have affected relatives and several well-known politicians, executives, soldiers, policemen, judges and average folks of all ages in...

With a high rate of suicide in Washington County, anything less than its complete elimination is unacceptable, according to the keynote speaker at a suicide-prevention conference in Forest Grove last Wednesday. 05/20/2015 Link to Source

At the “Embracing the Light” community breakfast, a fundraiser for National Alliance on Mental Illness, executive director Lori Jarvis-Steinwert said, “We underestimate how many people have a personal experience with mental illness in their lives, either their own mental health...

The statistics are staggering — in a given year, 20 percent of youth ages 13 to 18 have mental or addictive disorders. That’s one in five, folks. Stigma and misunderstanding are often associated with mental health problems. Normal adolescent development is tough...

Everyone knows that if you have a sore throat or aching back, you can go to the doctor to find out what’s wrong and seek treatment with the hope of a quick recovery. When someone is suffering from a mental...

Several agencies gathered recently for a Mental Health Lunch and Learn hosted by Horizons to get that conversation started because they see it as a critical step to creating a positive view of mental illness in the community. According to...

Several agencies gathered recently for a Mental Health Lunch and Learn hosted by Horizons to get that conversation started because they see it as a critical step to creating a positive view of mental illness in the community. According to...

Competitive wages and cheaper housing were two of the items identified by the Mayor’s Mental Health Task Force, that need attention in order to improve local mental health care. 05/15/2015  Link to Source

During a medical emergency, people know to act. here are even catchy reminders of what to do. An initialism sometimes used in CPR training, for instance, is “ABC,” to prompt responders to check someone’s airways, breathing and circulation. But during a crisis involving mental health? 05/14/2015...