Articles filed under Mental Health
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How Kane County mental health court reshaped 3 livesMar 10, 2016 4:00 am - Mental health, a growing concern: In an occasional series, the Daily Herald explores how the suburbs respond to conditions of the mind. Today, we sit in on the Kane C...
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Trouble with law in 'rearview mirror' for mental health court gradMar 10, 2016 12:00 am - Kane County Associate Judge Clint Hull calls the case for the last time. "13CF853, People v. Bradley Burroughs." In a suit, having graduated with his associate degree i...
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Do mental health courts work? Stats soon could explainMar 10, 2016 12:00 am - Anecdotal evidence abounds about the benefits of mental health courts. Advocates say these programs of close monitoring and mandated treatment keep nonviolent offenders ...
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District 204 social workers: Teens' need mental coping skillsMar 04, 2016 4:00 am - Parents in Indian Prairie Unit District 204 who attended a diversity council forum on mental health Thursday night wanted insight into the minds of their kids. What they...
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Mental Health First Aid teaches how to help people in crisisMar 01, 2016 10:00 pm - ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (March 2, 2016) - Most people would know how to help if they saw someone having a heart attack. They would start CPR or, at the very least, call ...
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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...