Mental Health

How Midwest Center for Youth and Families’ full-immersion dialectical behavioral therapy helps struggling youths

How Midwest Center for Youth and Families’ full-immersion dialectical behavioral therapy helps struggling youths Midwest Center for Youth and Families is a critical resource for children and adolescents with complex mental illnesses, offering residential treatment designed to help those with bipolar disorder, borderline features, depression, severe ADHD,...

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Franciscan Health Breast Care Center Crown Point hosting peer counselor training for breast cancer survivors

Franciscan Health Breast Care Center Crown Point hosting peer counselor training for breast cancer survivors New program pairs survivors with patients for support, comfort Franciscan Health Breast Care Center Crown Point is hosting a free peer counselor training for breast cancer survivors aimed at connecting patients and survivors through a new program....

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Adolescent Suicide Prevention: You can help save a young life

Adolescent Suicide Prevention: You can help save a young life Suicide is the second-leading cause of death for teens and young adults in the United States. Approximately one in five children and youths experience a serious mental health concern associated with trauma, social isolation or bullying, yet only 20%...

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Franciscan Health Michigan City, Munster presenting free Mental Health First Aid for Youth in Crisis courses

Franciscan Health Michigan City, Munster presenting free Mental Health First Aid for Youth in Crisis courses One-day workshops free and open to the public Franciscan Health Michigan City and Franciscan Health Munster are presenting free, one-day courses this fall aimed at helping anyone who regularly interacts with young people to better understand and help...

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Midwest Center’s Carmen Gober finds home advocating for patient care, education, and fun

Midwest Center’s Carmen Gober finds home advocating for patient care, education, and fun As a mental health facility treating some of Indiana’s most vulnerable, Midwest Center for Youth & Families in Kouts has a consistently positive impact on the Region as a whole. It wouldn’t be nearly as effective, however, if it...

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Regional Health Systems holds ribbon cutting for innovative Crisis C.A.R.E. Unit at Merrillville location

Regional Health Systems holds ribbon cutting for innovative Crisis C.A.R.E. Unit at Merrillville location On Tuesday July 16, Regional Health Systems, a Regional Care Group Member, hosted a ribbon cutting for the new Crisis C.A.R.E. Unit at their Merrillville Care Center location. The Crisis C.A.R.E. Unit, which has been in the works for over a year and...

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Midwest Center for Youth and Families promotes mental health in the Region and beyond

Midwest Center for Youth and Families promotes mental health in the Region and beyond For the past 27 years, Midwest Center for Youth and Families has helped young people living with complex mental health issues across the country achieve a better quality of life at its main location in Kouts and its extension in Valparaiso. The...

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Porter-Starke Services’ Crisis Center provides safe space every day of the year

Porter-Starke Services’ Crisis Center provides safe space every day of the year While a crisis can be difficult to predict, knowing where to go during it doesn’t need to be. Porter-Starke Services’ Crisis Center is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week and offers calm, qualified care to patients no matter where they fall on...

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