Articles filed under Mental Health
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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...
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Lake County joins national mental health initiativeJul 05, 2016 11:00 pm - Lake County is among 67 city, county and state governments selected by the Obama administration to participate in a new national initiative to identify and help people w...
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How neighbors can help cops improve mental health responseJun 28, 2016 5:00 am - How you can help the police respond to mental health crises
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Naperville cops nab suspected burglarJun 14, 2016 1:00 am - A 25-year-old Sycamore man has been charged with burglary after Naperville police said he tried to steal forms to access prescription medications from a psychiatrist's o...
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How prescriptions lead to heroin addictions: Naperville videos explainJun 14, 2016 1:00 am - YouTube The ParentsMatterToo project, started in 2013 in response to 13 heroin deaths among Naperville young people, produced the videos to offer a brief education on ri...
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Lutheran Home partners with Great Lakes Clinical TrialsJun 12, 2016 11:00 pm - Clinical trials will be more convenient and available for residents in the Northwest suburbs as the result of a new partnership between the Center for Wellness on the ca...
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Social services brace for more uncertainty as key deadline loomsJun 07, 2016 5:00 am - Many “key dates” have come and gone in the past year for struggling suburban social service agencies, but now their eyes are fixed on one that is especially ominous: Jun...
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Constable: Doctor sees Prince's death bring painkiller abuse awarenessJun 07, 2016 5:00 am - On a typical day in the United States, 46 people die from an overdose of a prescription painkiller. When one of those Americans is a 57-year-old rock legend named Prince...