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Mental Health IOT: Meeting the Need for Intensive Outpatient Therapy in Indiana
Just as no two individuals are the same, so too are everyone’s behavioral health needs unique. Even when two people suffer from the same mental illness—such as depression, …
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Conscious Discipline: A Constructive Approach to Behavior Modification for Children
“Discipline is not something you do to children; it is something you develop within them.” — Dr. Becky BaileyAs many parents would attest, few things about raising …
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How IAPRSS and Cummins BHS Are Advancing Peer Recovery Support Services in Indiana
When someone is working toward recovery from substance use disorder (or SUD), support from loved ones and treatment professionals is a must. In particular, behavioral health workers …
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How Behavioral Health Providers Can Serve Our Veterans’ Mental Health Needs
Service members of the U.S. Armed Forces fill an extremely important role in our society. They are the frontline defenders of our country and all its citizens, and …
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Complicated Grief: How to Cope with Loss in Complex Situations
"How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.” — A. A. Milne, author of the “Winnie-the-Pooh” children’s booksFor better or worse, loss …
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Wraparound Services: 360-Degree Support for Youth with Greater Behavioral Health Needs
Although childhood is typically perceived as a time of carefree happiness, children and adolescents can also face many challenges to their mental health.For starters, many youth contend …
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Pride Month 2020: What Does Good Mental Health Care for LGBTQ+ People Look Like?
The LGBTQ+ community (individuals who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, or as another nontraditional gender identity or sexual orientation) has made many great strides in recent …
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Drug Free Marion County and Cummins BHS Answer “What Are Friends For?” for Substance Use Stigma
Substance use disorder, also known as addiction, is one of the biggest public health crises affecting Americans today. According to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, …
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Cummins Mobile Medical Clinics: At-Home Medication Services for People with Severe Mental Illnesses
Although it may not always seem so, mental illness is very common in the United States. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, nearly 20% of …
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Women’s Mental Health Awareness: Dr. Corinne Young on How to Provide Effective Behavioral Health Care for Women
For much of history, the mental health struggles and needs of women have been misunderstood. In ancient Egypt and Greece, medical professionals believed that behavioral abnormalities in women …
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National Child Abuse Prevention Month 2020: Keeping Children Safe in the Age of “Social Distancing”
“The true character of a society is revealed in how it treats its children.” — Nelson MandelaWe have long known the harmful effects that childhood abuse or …
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Addiction Treatment for Teens: Introducing Adolescent IOT with Madelin Biddle and Katherine Richards
Despite the efforts of dedicated health care professionals and organizations, substance use continues to be a major behavioral health issue for millions of people across the U.S. According …
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