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Three Options for Taking Charge of Your Holiday Mental Health

So you\'re ready for the holidays. The tree is trimmed, the gifts are bought and wrapped, and the holiday dinner is planned, bought and ready for cooking. All feels great - except that it doesn\'t, for some

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Mental Health Screenings: 'Sunscreen' for your mental health

Just as you put on sunscreen to help protect you from the sun’s powerful rays, we should also take precautions for our mental health. We take action to actively prevent the potential consequences of sun damage

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Researching Mental Health & Addiction Services

It\'s a big milestone to acknowledge the need for help to work through a mental illness or addiction and start on the road to recovery. If you\'re there, or if you\'re looking for information to help a loved one, the

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From Despair to Hope: Changing the Consequences of Despair

As Mental Health Month winds down, it's clear that efforts to educate each other about the effects of mental illness must continue each and every day. Not just each May, but every day. I recently read a blog post from

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Mindfulness: Being in the Moment

Psychologist Jay Dixit says, “we live in a world of distraction” and too often “we let the present slip away, allowing time to rush past unobserved and unseized, and squandering the precious seconds of our lives

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Anxious, Concerned and in Crisis? Good Listeners are a Call Away

Everyone experiences anxiety or depression now and again. Things happen - breakups, failing a test or not getting a promotion at work, for example - that just make us feel down in the dumps. It's when those feelings

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