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The Carver County Board of Commissioners is looking for interested citizens to serve on the Mental Health Advisory Committee. This committee advises the County Board and the Community Social Services Department on services relating to mental health and mental illness.
Rio Rancho Observer —Jimmy Currier Photo The National Alliance on Mental Illness Westside President David Gonzales and member John Snowden thanked the Sandoval County Commissioners for their support on mental illness awareness during last Thursday’s commission meeting. Pictured, left to right, Snowden, Gonzales, and commissioners Donnie Leonard, Darryl Madalena, Orlando Lucero and Glenn Walters.
Greg Jennings was doing a promotional presentation at Miller Park in Milwaukee when two women marched right up to him and asked him for his phone number. They were members of the National Alliance on Mental Illness. They wanted his support, but Jennings had never heard of the organization.
A business associate of Miriam Helmick’s testified Wednesday that Helmick claimed to be in a mental-health institution after a suicide attempt in late 2008.
WASHINGTON - The Pentagon says its review of personnel, health and other policies in light of the Fort Hood massacre will be completed by January 15th.
PORTLAND (NEWS CENTER) -- Portland is not the only community these days that's been having more run-ins between those with mental illness and the police.
The renowned clinical psychologist was an award-winning researcher in the area of schizophrenia, and he studied how adversity in life affects mental illness.
Women and men who suffer from depression need not worry anymore from unwanted recurring of symptoms and needless medications that offer no more than tricks to keep you coming back. This is a promise that the ebook Depression Free Method guarantees. Authored by Dan Micheals, a former depression sufferer now turned mental health specialist who wants to share his experiences on how his mental ...
The Towne House Clubhouse has something very important to be thankful for this Thanksgiving: its own existence. The Purchase Street mental health rehabilitation and recovery center was close to losing state funding last month, and Towne House feared it would have to close. But Gov. Deval Patrick avoided significant cuts to the Department of Mental Health , allowing Towne House to continue ...
Michaela Gagne was crowned Miss Massachusetts in June 2006. She also completed her master’s degree in mental health counseling and art therapy from Lesley University. She will be the featured guest speaker at the next meeting of the Rotary Club of Wellesley on Tuesday evening, Dec. 1, at the Wellesley Community Center, 219 Washington St. (Route 16), Wellesley Hills.
Among challenges: The subject is nearly taboo in many Asian countries, and research in this country tends to lump the diverse group into one ethnic category. Since she was a teenager, Stella Ho has wrestled with fainting spells, seizures and suicidal tendencies.
Inside her new home at the Area Mental Health housing complex, Garden City resident Bridgette Regan moved into her small, one-bedroom apartment with her television, her bed and her entertainment center. There's also a broken chair in one corner.
A Duluth teen with a history of arson received a probationary sentence Tuesday and was ordered to seek mental health treatment.
GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn.----OptumHealth Inc., a UnitedHealth Group company , announced today that it has acquired leading global employee assistance program provider PPC Worldwide. As workforces become more global, the acquisition responds to increasing demand around the world for essential services such as employee counseling, work-life balance support and crisis intervention.
Linda Phillips, sitting, Patty Zygutis, left rear, Lynn Furutani with her dog Mimi, and Louis Rodriguez were among the two dozen clients and staff workers with CARE Hawaii's Psychosocial Rehabilitation program who participated in a Tuesday morning rally on Kamehameha Avenue to raise awareness about mental health and the implications of the state's cutting off funds for the PSR program ...
AGAWAM - The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) is a grass roots organization focused on self-help, support, education and advocacy, dedicated to improving the lives of people with severe mental illnesses.
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