Articles filed under Mental Health
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Warren Township rolls out Text-A-Tip programApr 24, 2016 11:00 pm - Warren Township is rolling out the community LEAD's 24/7 anonymous Text-A-Tip program. The program, developed by the Lake Forest organization, has expanded throughout L...
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East Aurora class treks 16 miles for suicide preventionApr 22, 2016 6:00 am - It started like any gathering of high school students late at night with the laughing and gossiping and jokes among friends. But an overnight walk completed by students...
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Mental health advocate to speak at Lake Bluff eventApr 22, 2016 1:00 am - On Thursday, May 5, Kelly O'Brien, director of The Kennedy Forum Illinois, will deliver the keynote address at Youth and Family Counseling's Food For Thought Luncheon, n...
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Grayslake aims to become a 'dementia-friendly' communityApr 21, 2016 5:39 am - Grayslake police officers and firefighters will receive training next week on how to better understand and help people with dementia. Police Chief Phil Perlini said the ...
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Officials: Elgin group home for women closing May 8Apr 12, 2016 1:00 am - Editor's note: this story was updated to say the National Alliance on Mental Illness helps run the drop-in center. Despite efforts to save it, a group home for ment...
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Forums on veteran services scheduled for summerApr 12, 2016 1:00 am - Illinois veterans will have a chance to discuss their needs, particularly for mental health and other services, with state officials at two forums in the suburbs in June...
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2,000 see District 25 teachers compete to help suicide support groupApr 08, 2016 1:00 am - About 2,000 people packed the Rolling Meadows High School gymnasium Friday night for the 11th annual Crosstown Showdown fundraising basketball game between the staffs of...
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Kenneth Young Center Resale Shop to close after 34 yearsApr 06, 2016 1:00 am - A weakening business model and the state budget crisis have conspired to bring about the closure of the Kenneth Young Center's volunteer-run resale shop in Schaumburg th...
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Cook County Sheriff Dart: Jailing poor, mentally ill is unjustApr 06, 2016 1:00 am - The numbers of mentally ill people housed in the nation's prisons and jails are staggering, Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart says, and many of them shouldn't be there. Dart,...
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Free theater event at Harper College to address depression, Asperger's, OCDApr 02, 2016 1:00 am - Erasing the Distance, a nonprofit arts organization that sheds light on mental health issues through theater, will explore the issues of depression, Asperger's syndrome ...