Mental Health

Porter Regional Hospital Hosting ‘Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders’ Program in September

Porter Regional Hospital Hosting ‘Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders’ Program in September Mood and anxiety disorders during and after pregnancy are a very real problem for millions of women in the U.S. Porter Regional Hospital is offering a free program to the community with an expert speaker to help navigate the complex questions around...

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St. Catherine Hospital, Mental Health America Celebrates Mental Health Awareness Month

St. Catherine Hospital, Mental Health America Celebrates Mental Health Awareness Month Mental Health America of Lake County is a non-profit organization dedicated to transforming the communities it serves by providing programs and services to families dealing with mental health issues. “Our goal was to provide these services from...

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Franciscan Health: Focus On – Seasonal Affective Disorder

Franciscan Health: Focus On – Seasonal Affective Disorder Seasonal Affective Disorder, commonly called SAD, doesn’t just occur when the days get shorter and colder, it also can happen when they are longer and warmer, said Jean Lubeckis, a Franciscan Alliance licensed mental health therapist. Although less...

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New Program To Help Pregnant Women Quit Smoking

New Program To Help Pregnant Women Quit Smoking Mental Health America of Lake County (MHALC), a non-profit prevention and early intervention agency, is trained and certified to offer Baby & Me – Tobacco Free Programtm, a program aimed at helping pregnant women quit smoking. “According to...

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Community Healthcare System Expanding Behavioral Health Reach Serves Northwest Indiana

Community Healthcare System Expanding Behavioral Health Reach Serves Northwest Indiana For more than 50 years, one health system's mental health division has stood above all others in delivering compassionate and expert care to some of society's most vulnerable members. In the 1960s, St. Catherine Hospital of East Chicago opened...

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Indiana Mental Health Centers Aim to Improve Infant Health

Indiana Mental Health Centers Aim to Improve Infant Health Eight community mental health centers are working together to improve infant health in Indiana through their participation in a pilot program aimed at helping women deliver healthy babies. The program, coordinated at a local level by Porter-Starke...

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“No More Secrets” Symposium Brings the Topic of Sexual Abuse Out of the Shadows

“No More Secrets” Symposium Brings the Topic of Sexual Abuse Out of the Shadows When Frank J. Mrvan, the North Township Trustee, began speaking to a crowd of 300 people early Saturday morning, he had something planned that would hopefully strike a chord with everyone in attendance. Before the start of the No More Secrets...

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VNA Phoenix Center Helping Lost and Hurting Teens and Children Feel Whole Again

VNA Phoenix Center Helping Lost and Hurting Teens and Children Feel Whole Again The mission of the VNA of NWI is to be the most patient-focused provider of aging, hospice, palliative, and grief support services in Northwest Indiana. VNA is all about caring and one of the ways they do that is to provide grief support programs for...

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Frontline Foundations: So What Are We Going to Do About It?

Frontline Foundations: So What Are We Going to Do About It? Please watch and share! Mark Chamberlain, CEO of Lakeside Wealth Management Group, talks candidly about an issue affecting our entire community.   "The issue of substance abuse and addiction is significantly underestimated. Every household in...

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Porter-Starke Services’ “Overcoming Adversity Together” Breakfast Raises Awareness for PTSD

Porter-Starke Services’ “Overcoming Adversity Together” Breakfast Raises Awareness for PTSD Porter-Starke Services' second annual "Overcoming Adversity Together" community conversation featured keynote speaker Edward Tick Ph. D., author of War and the Soul. His book and his Monday morning lecture discuss the ways active-duty transforms a...

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