Tony Bertram was a police officer for fifteen years before transitioning into a Licensed Clinical Social Worker at the Niles Police Department. During his time as an officer, he saw that stigma surrounding mental health was deeply embedded in police cultures. It is common that police officers dismiss suggestions of talking to professionals even their…
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A firefighter’s job is rarely easy: from risking their lives to save people or infrastructure and working to keep the public safe, firefighters also routinely engage with death, dying, and violence. This work is critical and culturally celebrated, and yet, it comes with a side that is often left undiscussed. Firefighters have significantly higher rates…
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Since 1972, Youth Services of Glenview/Northbrook, located northwest of Chicago, IL has been serving children, youth, and families as an institution committed to improving the lives of the community. The work that they do has many faces – groups for LGBTQ+ young people, youth-development and mentoring programs, health education, crisis intervention, and critically, mental health…
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Study Suggests Folic Acid as a Suicide Prevention Tool Folic Acid, otherwise known as Vitamin B9, is most commonly used to treat anemia caused by folate deficiency or as a supplement utilized by pregnant women to reduce risk of neural tube defects. A recent study by University of Chicago Blum-Riese Professor Robert Gibbons and colleagues found…
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November ’22 Provider Spotlight Dr. Lisa Pellegrin, former Executive Director of Mental Health and Education for the Tennessee Department of Children’s Services, is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist in private practice. She is a stalwart proponent of measuring, tracking, and enhancing the quality of mental health care. Dr. Pellegrin recently shared a success story about John,…
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Highlighting the PORTAL-Depression CAT-MH® Screening Trial As of 2020, the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) estimated only 66% of adults and 41.6% of adolescents (source) with a major depressive episode had received any form of treatment for their depression in the last year. Recognizing this landscape and the challenges that Americans are facing, Melissa Franco…
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