Ensuring Safety, Creating Hope: An Action Response for Suicide Prevention TXT4Life Statewide Conference topics will include best practices that address the connection of suicide to unhealed historical and current trauma; chemical health issues, including opioid addiction; and Native approaches to crisis services. Evidence-based suicide prevention training (QPR Training) will be available. Conference Schedule Tuesday, April […]
Seasonal Affective Disorder Sufferers Have More Than Just Winter Blues. During the darker days of winter, more people report feeling depressed and tired. For many, it’s a normal response to less sunlight, but for others, it can be a clinical form of depression called seasonal affective disorder.1 Most people experience SAD symptoms to a […]
Let’s face it. The holiday season is not always happy. For many of us there are family issues, money problems, too much to do…it can be stressful and depressing at times. Below are 10 tips from the Mayo Clinic to help us manage the holiday blues. Tips to prevent holiday stress and depression By […]
NPR: December 7, 20165:08 PM ET LIZ SZABO FROM The 21st Century Cures Act that gained congressional approval on Wednesday has been championed as a way to speed up drug development, but it’s also the most significant piece of mental health legislation since the 2008 law requiring equal insurance coverage for mental and physical health. […]
NAMI Minnesota’s 2016 State Conference “Stories of Hope – Voices for Change” in honor of NAMI Minnesota’s 40th Anniversary will be held Saturday, November 5, at the St. Paul RiverCentre from 8:30 AM – 4:45 PM. Jennifer Ayers-Moore, sister of Nathaniel Anthony Ayers the subject of the movie “The Soloist” will be the keynote speaker. […]
Students in Richfield Get Mental Health Help in a High-Tech Way KSTP.COM October 11, 2016 08:21 AM At Richfield High School, students are getting mental health counseling in a new, high-tech way. It’s a service set up through the Park Nicollet Foundation, and it uses video conferencing to connect students at the school with Park […]
Mental Health Event brings issues to Legislators By Chelsey Perkins on Oct 7, 2016 Brained Dispatch Area providers and consumers of the mental health care system gathered Friday to share both triumphs and concerns with state legislators. The event was intended to be a localized version of Mental Health Day at the state Capitol and […]
The following article was taken in it’s entirety From NPR A New Study Raises Old Questions About Antidepressants And Autism Updated December 14, 201512:52 PM ET Published December 14, 201511:03 AM ET by Jon Hamilton Taking antidepressants during the second or third trimester of pregnancy may increase the risk of having a child with autism […]
It used to be a common practice to toss unused prescription drugs in the trash or flush them down the toilet. However, even when in the trash, people or unsuspecting pets or children could access them. If flushed, those drugs are released into the environment. Some prescriptions that are past their expiration date can be […]
DECEMBER 1 Get to Know NAMI, 11:30-12:30 at the NAMI office, 800 Transfer Rd., Suite 31, St. Paul. Please RSVP to: Kay King, 651-645-2948 x113 or kking@namimn.org 1-18 Holiday Gift Drive – See suggested gifts