BY GLENN PUIT gpuit@record-eagle.com Sue Orchard received a paranoid schizophrenia diagnosis nearly 30 years ago, but she doesn’t let that stop her from pursuing a normal, productive life. Almost every day, Orchard, 53, heads to work at The Traverse House Clubhouse at 105 Hall Street in downtown Traverse City. She labors in the kitchen to […]
By Rick Charmoli, Cadillac News Chances are, you know someone with a mental health problem. According to Northern Lake Community Mental Health, one in four Americans are dealing with some sort of mental health issue. That means it could be you, a family member, friend or co-worker. With budgets at the state and national level […]
Northern Lakes CMH offers deepest condolences to the families and loved ones of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims, and the entire community of Newtown, Connecticut. Such unthinkable tragedies — especially those involving our children —take an immeasurable emotional toll. Our thoughts and prayers are with the parents and citizens of Newtown as they […]
Traverse City Record Eagle. November 16, 2012 by Marta Hepler Drahos. Kory Stevens loved to draw and paint before the accident that changed his life. Now he’s using art to help in his recovery. “If you can’t express what you feel (in words) you can do it through art,” said Stevens, of Thompsonville, one of […]
What a beautiful show! The 6th annual Art of Recovery: The Human Journey show has almost 100 pieces representing realism, abstract, impressionist, three-dimension… a wide variety of styles, genres, colors, from a wide variety of people. The show reflects just what this event is all about – that we all recover from something at some […]
Anyone who is recovering or has recovered from anything may submit art to the 6th Annual Northern Lakes CMH Art Of Recovery: The Human Journey show. The deadline is October 19, 2012. Click on the title above to access this post – then, here are the 2012 submission form/rules.
Northern Lakes Community Mental Health is accepting applications for individuals who would like to become a member on the Recipient Rights Advisory and Appeals Committee. The applicant must have received or is receiving services from a community mental health services program or services from the private sector to those equivalent offered by the public mental […]
The International Center for Clubhouse Development (ICCD) recently granted first-time accreditation for Traverse House Clubhouse, a program under the auspices of Northern Lakes Community Mental Health (CMH), where people who have had mental illness come to rebuild their lives. Over 300 Clubhouses are accredited by ICCD worldwide. “It is our understanding that we are presently […]
Northern Lakes Community Mental Health (NLCMH) and the Crawford County Department of Human Services (DHS) are teaming up to provide a training workshop for foster parents and relative caregivers on caring for children who have experienced trauma. The workshop will be held on Saturday, May 14, 2011, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the […]
Cadillac News, May 5, 2011, by Rick Charmoli. Katie Griffin is like many other 15 year olds. She likes watching movies, loves animals, hanging out with her family and playing on her Nintendo DS. Read the full article.
By Krista Tacey, krista.tacey@houghtonlakeresorter.com In the time frame of two weeks 1 in 20 people will think about committing suicide and, in most cases, that one person will reach out to another to stop them. There are now 16 people in the area who can say they will be able to notice the warning signs of […]
Opinion Editorial by Gregory D. Paffhouse, NLCMHA CEO in Grand Traverse Insider http://www.morningstarpublishing.com/articles/2011/02/14/grand_traverse_insider/opinion/doc4d596fbb2a160057249230.txt January was a month of much public sadness and tragedy. The Tucson shooting and Traverse City murder-suicide are but two events that angered, shocked and saddened us and left us wondering why these things happen and what could have been done to […]