Michigan Recovery Center for Excellence Adds Recovery Stories

The new Michigan Recovery Center for Excellence website includes…

National “realLives” Forum includes a good friend’s story: Read about Ernest

Mental Health America's "realLives" online community of recovery…

New Online Community: “realLives”

Mental Health America launched realLives this week, a unique…

Inspirational Art: Gift of painting will benefit recovery art groups (Grand Traverse Insider)

Dr. Frank Tosiello of Traverse City recently donated a painting to Northern Lakes Community Mental Health (CMH) to be auctioned with proceeds to benefit the organization’s free recovery art groups. The painting was sold to anonymous donors who then donated the painting back to the mental health organization for permanent display. Dr. Tosiello’s gift raised $510, which will be used to purchase paint, paper and other supplies to support people learning to use art as a means to live a healthier, less stressful life.

Doctor gives the gift of art: Painting nets hundreds for mental health organization

TRAVERSE CITY -- Dr. Frank Tosiello found a way to combine his passion for painting and his commitment to the mental health community by offering one of his paintings for sale to benefit Northern Lakes Community Mental Health. The painting, a replica of Rembrandt's "A Woman Bathing in a Stream," was sold to an anonymous purchaser for $510, who then donated the painting back to the mental health organization for permanent display. Proceeds raised from the sale will be used for art supplies for free-to-the-community art groups.

Cadillac News: “Finding Happiness”

It’s late winter and we’re living in a depressed economy, but that doesn’t mean your emotional well-being has to suffer. Val Bishop, chief operating officer at Northern Lakes Community Mental Health for six regional counties, offers simple ways to enhance your happiness while living in a bad economy:

Pathways to Recovery: Ongoing & Open to Everyone!

Pathways to Recovery is a self-help class which focuses on…

Cadillac News: “Insuring mental health: closing the gap”

by Jeff Broddle NOTE: A recent telephone survey of adults…