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Entries by Northern Lakes CMH
Art of Recovery
About 300 people turned out for the opening reception of Northern Lakes CMH’s 6th annual Art of Recovery: The Human Journey show. With almost 100 pieces of art, in a wide variety of styles, genres, colors, representing realism, abstract, impressionist, three-dimension, and from a wide variety of people and levels of professionalism, from the novice […]
Voices of Cadillac’s Mini-Conference
The Cadillac Mini-Conference in October was medium in size but on full power in speaking out. An active group of 26 consumers, staff and speakers shared some of the following comments during the day: Knowledge empowers us. Every little bit of knowledge pushes you along that much further. Practice the 3 Cs to keep positive: Catch it. […]
Action Group meeting October minutes here
Did you miss the meeting on October 10? Keep up to date by reading the October 2012 Action Group Minutes. One of the items discussed is an all day Recovery Planning Meeting which will happen on December 19. Everyone welcome, save the date! Our next Action Group meeting will be Wednesday, November 14 in the […]
Exercise Makes Us Feel Good!
It’s not a new idea – it’s been shown time and time again – and studies continue to support the mind-body connection… Exercise makes us feel good! The benefits of physical activity are lowered anxiety levels (better mental health) as well as more energy, improved sleep patterns and even boosted immune systems. Consider also a […]
Workshop on Preparing for the Autism Insurance Benefit
The Autism Alliance of Michigan (AAOM) is coming to Munson Medical Center in Traverse City on October 15, 2012 to help explain the upcoming changes to the Michigan insurance code to cover autism. The workshop will be held two times – at 12:30 p.m. and at 6:00 p.m. – and will last about 90 minutes. […]
Awareness is important to all areas of health
This week is National Mental Illness Awareness Week; NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) established this with Congress. It is always the first full week of October. This week is also my son’s birthday. Several years ago I had him in for a well-child checkup and while we were waiting I saw a poster on […]
World Mental Health Day Stories of Depression
Clinical depression affects about 5% of the world’s population. You probably interact with sufferers each day without realizing it. On this World Mental Health Day, dedicated this year to depression, here’s six stories with video that share what people with depression would like you to know. Some last names have been omitted to protect individual […]