Articles filed under Mental Health
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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...
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Mental health agency seeks help keeping women's home openJan 13, 2016 12:00 am - A cozy duplex on Elgin's northwest side that has been a safe haven for mentally ill women for nearly 30 years is in danger of closing. Ecker Center for Mental Health wi...
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Naperville parents learn to promote resilience in teensJan 10, 2016 12:00 am - In the face of increasing concern about teen anxiety, depression and drug abuse, leaders in Naperville are focusing on resilience, a set of hard-to-define skills that he...
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Palatine man who decapitated mother could be released in 2016Dec 30, 2015 12:00 am - Karl Sneider decapitated his mother, Kathryn Sneider, and put her head on the porch after he killed the then 49-year-old woman in her Palatine home Jan. 28, 2003. He was...
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Cook County sheriff says too many mentally ill in jailDec 23, 2015 12:00 am - Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart, as part of his campaign to reduce what he calls unjust incarceration of the poor and mentally ill, said in a news release Wednesday that pr...