Articles filed under Mental Health
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Trump opioid declaration: What suburban experts sayOct 26, 2017 1:00 am - The suburbs are not immune to the opioid crisis that was declared a national public health emergency Thursday by President Donald Trump. While Trump and his critics batt...
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Talk to explain aging brain to veterans in NapervilleOct 23, 2017 1:00 am - The effects of aging on the body are obvious, but the process of getting older can be just as transformative, if not more so, on the mind. A free program for veterans a...
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Learn about children and mental illlness at Oct. 25 programOct 21, 2017 11:00 pm - On Wednesday, Oct, 25, Rachel Tsen, youth program director at the National Alliance of Mental Illness, will present a program on understanding mental illness and its ear...
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Glenbard Parent Series event: teen panel on living in digital ageOct 20, 2017 11:00 pm - The Glenbard Parent Series: (GPS) Navigating Healthy Families will present "Straight from the Source: Teens Talk Social Media Now with Liz Repking and Linda Lewaniak" at...
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Pioneer Center offers programs on bullyingOct 18, 2017 11:00 pm - Every October, schools and organizations across the country join to raise awareness for National Bullying Prevention Month. The goal: encourage communities to work toget...
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Saturday's 5K to benefit local NAMI organizationOct 02, 2017 11:00 pm - The 2017 NAMI 5K will take place at 9 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 7, at the Peg Bond Center, 151 N. Island Ave. in downtown Batavia. Advance registration by Thursday, Oct. 5, is...
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Heroin, opioid detox just the start of recovery, not the cureSep 25, 2017 5:30 am - For all the benefits of making medically monitored detox more readily available, the process means nothing if the patient leaves and takes a pill, snorts a line or shoot...
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Demand for detox in suburban hospitals rises as opioid crisis worsensSep 23, 2017 1:00 am - In one wing of the fifth floor of Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove, the hand sanitizer dispensers are in the hall instead of inside each room. ...
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Aurora teacher's heartfelt lesson: Suicide is always preventableSep 21, 2017 1:00 am - Mary Kay Gleason doesn't usually tell her students her family's story of suicide loss so early in the school year. They're only in seventh grade, so she wants to gauge ...
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Federal funding to help DuPage expand opioid overdose helpSep 19, 2017 1:00 am - An opioid overdose reversal effort that has saved 344 people in five years will be expanded in DuPage County, thanks to a $1.5 million federal grant, health officials sa...