Mental Health

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Depression is an overwhelming problem to the individual and to our community. It has been called the leading cause of disability throughout the world, a genetic disorder, and a disease. At this year’s Porter-Starke Symposium Dr. Michael D Yapko...

Depression isn’t new among pregnant women, but antidepressants may not provide the answer they’re seeking. Pregnancy and depression can go hand-in-hand—13 percent of women develop this mood disorder pre- and postpartum—according to the U.S....