Entries by Northern Lakes CMH

Remembering people buried at state hospitals

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After several years of planning, organizers held a dedication ceremony on June 10 for the national consumer memorial which commemorates the hundreds of thousands of mostly anonymous people buried at state hospitals across the country. Our friend Larry Fricks, director of the Appalachian Consulting Group and vice-president of peer services for the Depression and Bipolar […]

Recovery Council materials here – February to June 2009

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The Recovery Council meets monthly to help move the Northern Lakes system transformation forward so the organization is increasingly more recovery-based. Some of the key accomplishments of the Council: The Recovery Council developed the official Definition of Recovery – The definition is key to driving system transformation and keeping our vision on track. The definition […]

Recovery Learning Community Materials Here: January to June 2009

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Here are Learning Community agendas from January, February, April, May, and June. During March, Learning Communities did not meet. Instead, Northern Lakes Community Mental Health conducted the Recovery Enhancing Environment (REE) survey. For several months, the Learning Communities learned about a different diagnosis each meeting. In January it was Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. In February the […]

Coping With Economic Stress, by Greg Paffhouse

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Flowers are blooming, the sun is shining and summer is finally here. That brightness, however, doesn’t diminish the emotional distress and struggles that many Michigan residents are dealing with in the midst of this difficult economy.

Economic turmoil can cause a whole array of negative health effects, both physical and mental. Everyone deals with economic struggles differently. Dealing with these troubles can add tremendous stress, which increases the risk for developing depression, substance abuse, anxiety or compulsive behaviors such as over-eating and excessive gambling or spending.