At the Fair! Learn about Mental Health, Medicare, and being Age-Friendly!

Fair goers can learn about mental health, Medicare, & making Minnesota more Age-Friendly The Minnesota Board on Aging and the Minnesota Department of Human Services will be at the Minnesota State Fair this year with helpful information on a wide range of topics, including mental health, Medicare, caregiving, making Minnesota a more-age friendly state and […]

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NWMHC Promotes Mental Health & Suicide Awareness at Nite to Unite!

NWMHC Mobile Crisis team sets up booth at “Nite to Unite” to Stomp out the Stigma on Mental Health and Promote Suicide Awareness. Night to Unite (National Night Out) is a statewide event that builds and fosters community bonds between citizens, businesses, and public safety organizations. This annual celebration occurs on the first Tuesday in […]

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Silencing Your Inner Critic

Photograph by Nathaniel Welch Being tough on yourself, especially when you’ve gone in the wrong direction, can make you stronger. But when you can’t turn that voice off, it can limit your potential. Fortunately, there are proven ways to retake control. By Jena E Pincott, published March 4, 2019 – last reviewed on March 8, […]

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NAMI offers FREE Class for Families of Children and Adolescents

Description Understanding the Children’s Mental Health System Learn about Minnesota’s children’s mental health system. Gain information about the different types of services and supports available to families who have a child with a mental illness, and how to access them. Understand best practices and the rights of children and their families in the clinical treatment […]

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With seed money, H.O.P.E. Coalition looks to do some good

CHS, Inc., through its “Seeds of Stewardship” initiative, has donated $2,000 to the H.O.P.E Coalition. Pictured left to right at the Northwestern Mental Health Center are Calvin Anderson, Shannon Rud, Tracy Colligan, Shauna Reitmeier, Kyle Schafer, Ryan Anderson, Trey Everett, Coty Wangen and Mike Anderson. – Submitted l Crookston Times By Mike Christopherson Posted Aug […]

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5 Things You Should Know About Stress

Stress is how the brain and body respond to any demand. Every type of demand or stressor—such as exercise, work, school, major life changes, or traumatic events—can be stressful. Stress can affect your health. It is important to pay attention to how you deal with minor and major stress events so that you know when […]

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Postpartum depression or the “baby blues”?

With postpartum depression, feelings of sadness and anxiety can be extreme and might interfere with a woman’s ability to care for herself or her family. What is postpartum depression? Postpartum depression is a mood disorder that can affect women after childbirth. Mothers with postpartum depression experience feelings of extreme sadness, anxiety, and exhaustion that may […]

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You Can’t Outrun PTSD

From Mental Health First Aid By Mary Johnson on November 15, 2018 https://www.mentalhealthfirstaid.org/2018/11/you-cant-outrun-ptsd/ “So many men and women who served our country did so much more than me and were in so much more danger than I was on my four-month tour. I can’t have PTSD, I told myself, because I didn’t earn it.” Like […]

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Building Resilience: 5 Ways to a Better Life

Dr. Stephen Marmer shares with us 5 ways to build resilience and a happier more productive life. We cannot control all circumstances in life, but we can control how we react to them. Sometimes bad things happen, like a serious illness, the death of a loved one, or other major life events that are difficult […]

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