Articles filed under Mental Health
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Why government believes in medication-assisted heroin treatmentAug 29, 2016 5:30 am - While medication-assisted treatment is just one route to recovery from heroin or opioid addiction, it's a path that's gaining support from the federal government. Among...
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Sometimes-controversial medication steers Waukegan woman to recoveryAug 29, 2016 5:30 am - Editor's note: This story has been updated to correct the title of Dr. Diane Copeland, clinical psychologist. Second of two parts. On Day 122, Danielle Davis feels ...
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Fundraiser launched to save program for kids exposed to violenceAug 29, 2016 1:00 am - The Hoffman Estates-based Children's Advocacy Center of North and Northwest Cook County launched a fundraiser Monday hoping to make up for state funding cuts to a progra...
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Maine Township expands access to mental health servicesAug 21, 2016 11:00 pm - One in five adults will be diagnosed with a mental disorder within any given year. Maine Township's MaineStay Youth & Family Services now offers residents convenient acc...
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Hundreds apply for PhilHaven supportive housing in WheelingAug 19, 2016 1:00 am - The first person to line up for a chance to get an apartment at PhilHaven, a supportive housing development for people with disabilities opening in Wheeling this Decembe...
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Philhaven applications will be taken Friday in Elk Grove VillageAug 17, 2016 1:00 am - Officials are taking applications for housing at PhilHaven, a permanent supportive housing community in Wheeling, beginning at 10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 19. To be eligible, a...
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Constable: How Chapman clouds some Cubs fans' sunny seasonAug 03, 2016 5:20 am - As baseball's most dominant closer on baseball's best team, Cubs pitcher Aroldis Chapman was warming up in the bullpen Wednesday when a Miami Marlins' wild pitch in the ...
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Fox Valley group asks Kane County to fund mental health programsJul 30, 2016 1:00 am - Members of a Kane County community organization asked elected leaders Saturday to fund programs that would divert people with mental illness from jail through a communit...
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Federal mental health bill shifts focus to preventing tragedyJul 19, 2016 1:00 am - Ensuring "treatment before tragedy" while pumping $150 million into national mental health efforts are among the components of a bill being promoted as the most signific...
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'Generation You-nity' aims to help teens, young adults avoid addictionJul 07, 2016 5:30 am - Jon Conover of Sandwich, Illinois, was left with a hole in his life when his uncle committed suicide in April of 2015 after about 10 years of drug addiction. At his unc...