Articles filed under Mental Health
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Renz Center celebrates two anniversariesJan 31, 2017 10:00 pm - As Renz Addiction Counseling Center celebrates its 56 years of substance abuse treatment and prevention education this February, Jim's Friends, a support group of fellow...
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Naperville goals: Decrease mental health calls, fill business vacanciesJan 23, 2017 4:30 am - As part of Naperville's push to release more data for public information and analysis, the city has set a series of goals: • Fill vacant storefronts and office spaces. ...
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How families can join study probing genetics of autismJan 13, 2017 4:00 am - Courtney McClear has autism and, for the first time, her relatives believe they can do something to find out why. The McClears plan to sign up Saturday for a nationwide...
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Father, writer to share addiction journey story in three suburbsJan 11, 2017 10:00 pm - A parent who's been through the struggle of a child's addiction and also knows how to write about it will be making three free presentations in the Western suburbs this ...
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Why it is time to check your medicine cabinetJan 10, 2017 10:00 pm - Katelyn Regan of Renz Addiction Counseling Center suggests it might be time to check your medicine cabinet. If you've heard the terms "opioid epidemic" and "prescription...
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Fox Valley Hands of Hope offers free support programsJan 10, 2017 10:00 pm - Fox Valley Hands of Hope is offering a variety of free support programs through April. The mission of this community-based, nonprofit organization is to enhance the qual...
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Join NAMI's monthly coffee SaturdayJan 10, 2017 10:00 pm - NAMI Kane-south, DeKalb & Kendall Counties, an affiliate of National Alliance on Mental Illness, will sponsor its monthly coffee from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 14, at ...
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DuPage shooting death brings race, police, mental health issues to forefrontJan 08, 2017 6:15 am - The death of Trevon Johnson likely will resonate long beyond the 17-year-old Villa Park resident's memorial service today and the state police probe into the officer-inv...
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Why do youths post videos of bad behavior online?Jan 05, 2017 12:00 am - Young adults in a digitally connected world could be tempted for social, mental and behavioral reasons to display even their most sinister actions online, as was the cas...
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Mental health training for police expanding, but some say not enoughJan 03, 2017 12:00 am - Every day, police officers respond to mental health calls - sometimes identified as such, sometimes not. And every month, more officers get training to learn the signs ...