Articles filed under Mental Health
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Renz, Ecker Center to offer Smart Recovery GroupFeb 20, 2019 10:00 pm - More than six decades ago, two friends and members of Church of the Brethren served as the first executive directors of two separate nonprofit community agencies providi...
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Why Stevenson High students wore semicolon pins FridayFeb 15, 2019 12:00 am - Editor's note: The spelling of student Marissa Schwarz's name has been corrected. Hundreds of students and staffers at Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire donned...
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Learn benefits of meditation at Feb. 12 program in NapervilleFeb 03, 2019 10:00 pm - Feeling restless but you don't know why? Seeking to begin or expand your prayer practice? Heard of meditation but don't know much about it or how to go about it? Then pl...
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Hanover Township awards mental health funding grantsFeb 01, 2019 12:00 am - The Hanover Township Mental Health Board approved $890,000 in annual funding at its Jan. 22 meeting. Funds were awarded to agencies serving Hanover Township residents in...
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Aetna's Guardian Angel program helps opioid patients get the care they needJan 25, 2019 5:00 am - Sue Martin gets on the phone every day, calling her company's health insurance members who recently have been treated for opioid overdose or addiction. "I'm craving a 1...
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'Right to a safe place': Program targets gap between hospital, addiction help for opioid patientsJan 24, 2019 5:00 am - Editor's note: This article has been updated to correct the title of Adriane Price, clinical supervisor of the Gateway Warm Hand Off program Roughly 155 suburban re...
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Hanover Township provides PADS fundingJan 14, 2019 12:00 am - The Hanover Township Mental Health Board recently approved $25,000 in emergency funding for PADS (Public Action to Deliver Shelter) of Elgin to support the agency's new ...
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Lake County offers free mental health first aid trainingJan 09, 2019 12:00 am - The Lake County Health Department is hosting a free weeklong class to train approved instructors to teach an adult mental health first aid course. Training normally cost...
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Rich, drunk and high as a teen, he flunked out of Oakton. Now, he's a Hollywood agent who helps others.Jan 03, 2019 4:00 am - Drinking to excess, using drugs and living high on the hog as a trust-fund kid, James Crane bailed out of Oakton College in Des Plaines before he was even old enough to ...
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Straight From the Source: Six ways to keep your addiction recovery on track over the holidaysDec 21, 2018 4:38 am - #x2022; Marty Cook is director of alumni events for Gateway Foundation, the country's largest nonprofit treatment provider for substance abuse and related mental hea...