Articles filed under Mental Health
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More than a meal: Restaurant-based programs feed seniors' social livesSep 02, 2023 11:00 pm - GOFFSTOWN, N.H. - A group of friends and neighbors meets for a weekly meal, choosing from a special menu of nutritious foods paid for by social programs meant to keep ol...
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Somber gathering in Arlington Heights marks International Overdose Awareness DayAug 31, 2023 1:00 am - Friends and family who've lost loved ones to substance abuse and drug overdoses gathered Thursday in North School Park in Arlington Heights to mark International Overdos...
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'Find your people': Families to share their stories for International Overdose Awareness DayAug 28, 2023 5:30 am - The stories of those who lose their lives battling substances abuse disorder do not end with their deaths. It continues with those left behind: friends, parents, relativ...
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Voters backed creation of a mental health board last year. Now they may have to do it again.Aug 11, 2023 5:00 am - Mental health advocates cheered the success in a referendum last fall that created a community mental health board in Wheeling Township. But now they are devastated by t...
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State mental health center renamed for Elizabeth Packard. Here's her story of exposing abuse.Aug 11, 2023 1:00 am - In June 1860, Elizabeth Parsons Ware Packard was committed to the Illinois Hospital and Asylum for the Insane in Jacksonville by her husband, a Calvinist minister, for, ...
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'Nothing like this in the state': Palatine OKs housing for human trafficking victimsAug 08, 2023 5:00 am - Palatine will be the first community in the state to provide temporary housing for homeless girls who have been victims of human trafficking or sexual exploitation. The...
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Retirement of Schaumburg therapist starts changes for village's counseling programJul 30, 2023 1:00 am - With the retirement Tuesday of the full-time therapist at Schaumburg's Family Counseling Center, village officials plan to contract Owens & Associates to provide the sam...
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NAMI of McHenry County names new executive directorJul 12, 2023 11:00 pm - The National Alliance on Mental Illness of McHenry County has welcomed Abbey Nicholas, M.S. as the new executive director. Nicholas, who started on July 1, replaces ret...
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DuPage County approves funds to expand mental health servicesJun 28, 2023 5:00 am - DuPage County Board members approved $7.75 million to help build a new crisis recovery center to address mental health needs. The center, estimated to cost $25.8 million...
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Going the extra 3,100 miles: Dad, son in cross-country cycling race for causes about fathersJun 17, 2023 1:00 am - This Father's Day promises to be a special one for Barrington-area resident David Hirsch. Hirsch, 62, is a member of a four-man cycling team pedaling 3,100 miles from Oc...