Artwork by Traverse City resident Robert J. Morey has been selected for inclusion in the statewide “Creative Minds Changing Minds” traveling art show. Morey’s collage featuring faces and eyes will be one of thirty-five pieces in the show sponsored by the Michigan Association of Community Mental Health Boards (MACMHB), and will represent the six counties [...]
Did you know that people with a mental illness are dying on average 25 years earlier than people without a mental illness? (You can read more about this in the Report on Morbidity (Illness) and Mortality (Death) in People with Serious Mental Illness at the bottom of the Northern Lakes CMH Links page under Important [...]
National Poison Prevention Week, the third week in March each year, is a week nationally designated to highlight the dangers of poisonings and how to prevent them. However, every day people can and do prevent poisonings. We invite you to review the information compiled by the Poison Prevention Week Council and become actively involved in [...]
February 28 – March 6, 2010 is National Eating Disorders Awareness Week. If you are an individual living with an eating disorder (such as anorexia or bulima), a family member, or a friend looking to offer support to a loved one, or a treatment professional looking to help others, check out the National Eating Disorders [...]
February 5, 2010 – 5:41 am
On the first Friday of February, Americans nationwide wear red to show their support for women’s heart disease awareness on National Wear Red Day. This observance provides an opportunity for everyone to unite in this life-saving awareness movement by showing off a favorite red dress, shirt, or tie. The message of the day is: Heart [...]
February 1, 2010 – 5:07 am
This is an ideal time to expand your knowledge of heart health, risk factors and making good lifestyle choices.
Visit the new Heart Health section of our Health Education Answers area and you’ll find new screeners, ‘empower tools’ that you can print for your health care team, and other interactives to help you move toward a [...]
January 19, 2010 – 5:16 am
A new series just premiered on PBS this month called This Emotional Life. It is a three-part series that is shining a bright spotlight on our happiness – what it is, what stands in the way and what we’re all doing to try to find it. Kathryn Power, M.Ed., Director of the Center of Mental [...]
January 2, 2010 – 5:00 am
January is National Glaucoma Awareness Month. You can recognize this special month by learning about your risk.
If you’ve been diagnosed with diabetes then it’s important to pay extra attention to your vision. Recent studies show that those with diabetes are 25 times more likely to develop blindness and other eye diseases.
Diabetes is the leading cause [...]
November 14, 2009 – 8:22 am
Okay, I’m hoping that EVERYONE will get involved in this and help out. We have had well over 100 people attend our monthly Learning Community Meetings throughout our six counties. The meetings have been very successful – they are for the community to get involved, get informed, and hopefully get active. WE NEED YOUR HELP!
We’re [...]
October 12, 2009 – 4:57 am
Mental Illness Awareness Week, October 4-10, has just closed. I didn’t promote this as much as I have in past years; I have been busy working on my life, wellness…yes, recovery. This week does bring many memories, though, as it was several years ago I had my son in for his well child check up [...]
