Articles filed under Mental Health
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National Eating Disorders Awareness Week is Feb. 21-27Feb 17, 2016 10:00 pm - National Eating Disorders Awareness Week, Feb. 21-27, is a perfect time to challenge your assumptions and broaden your knowledge about the serious mental illnesses known...
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Minority women receive free services at Renz CenterFeb 10, 2016 10:00 pm - Minority women in need of substance abuse treatment can now receive free trauma informed services through Renz Addiction Counseling Center's "Sisters Unite in Preventing...
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How social service cuts will hurt recovering addicts, veteransJan 29, 2016 4:00 am - Shirley Protis brushes some crumbs off Andy's face as he finishes his lunch. “Who is that?” he asks, pointing at the woman in the purple sweater putting away dishes. “Th...
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8 conditions kept out of medical marijuana programJan 29, 2016 12:00 am - Illinois residents suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, autism, irritable bowel syndrome, osteoarthritis or one of four other chronic disorders will not be abl...
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Naperville filmmaker's message: Anxiety sufferers aren't aloneJan 25, 2016 5:00 am - Kelsey Sante of Naperville spent her high school years hiding her anxiety. Now she's bringing the panicked feeling of the common mental disorder to the screen in an art...
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Plagued by anxiety: For some of us, no end of things to worry aboutJan 25, 2016 4:00 am - It didn't matter what we officially called it, my psychiatrist said as he looked up from his notepad. What I had was “worry in search of a mission.” Within 40 minutes of...
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Trying to make mental health first aid as familiar as CPRJan 25, 2016 12:00 am - If someone suddenly collapsed and appeared to be having a heart attack, you wouldn't just walk on by, right? You'd at least call 911. You'd likely stay with the person ...
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Lutheran Social Services cuts 30 programs due to state budgetJan 22, 2016 12:00 am - An array of social services - from suburban drug and mental health services to help for homebound senior citizens - were shuttered Friday and staff members laid off beca...
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Des Plaines hospital adds outpatient program for troubled veteransJan 17, 2016 12:00 am - Chicago Behavioral Hospital, which 15 months ago took over Maryville Behavioral Health Hospital in Des Plaines, has spent millions of dollars to modernize the new Extra ...
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Metea Valley High School connects musical to mental healthJan 14, 2016 12:00 am - In a stage production this month at Metea Valley High School in Aurora, the singsongy fantasy of musical theater gives way to the dark reality of bipolar disorder, the w...