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What Does Love Look Like? Raising Awareness of Teen Dating Violence
Intimate relationships can be some of the most rewarding and some of the most challenging things in life. A healthy and loving relationship between romantic partners provides joy, …
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How to Change Your Life Using the Stages of Change Model, with Cummins Therapist David Bonney
“To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.” — Winston ChurchillAt some point in their lives, most people will feel the need to …
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Identifying Toxic Relationships: Dr. Armen Sarkissian Explains How to Escape the “Drama Triangle” Trap
Relationships with other people are a large part of what makes life worth living. This includes everything from parents and children to relatives, siblings, friends, acquaintances, co-workers, spouses …
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How Stigma of Mental Illness Affects African American Communities
“People of color, particularly African Americans, feel the stigma more keenly. In a race-conscious society, some don’t want to be perceived as having yet another deficit.” — Bebe …
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New Indiana State Museum Exhibit Aims to Help “FIX” the Opioid Crisis in Our State
Since at least 1999, when opioids began to be prescribed at a high rate, the United States has been gripped by the major public health crisis that is …
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Exercise and Mental Health: How Physical Activity Improves Mood, Cognition, and Overall Wellness
“Food is the most widely abused anti-anxiety drug in America, and exercise is the most potent yet underutilized antidepressant.” — Bill Phillips, nutrition and fitness authorThere are …
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Managing Dual Diagnosis: Cummins’ Tracy Waible on How to Identify and Treat Substance Use with Co-Occurring Disorders
Substance use disorder, otherwise known as substance addiction, afflicts millions of people across the United States every year. According to statistics from the National Survey of Drug Use …
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The Power of Being Thankful: Jessica Hynson, Jeremy Haire & Mindy Frazee Explain the Benefits of Gratitude
“In ordinary life, we hardly realize that we receive a great deal more than we give, and that it is only with gratitude that life becomes rich.” — …
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How to Set New Year’s Goals You Can Actually Accomplish, According to Behavioral Health Professionals
Many people think of a new year as a fresh beginning. With the old year gone, we may envision the coming one as a clean slate for redirecting …
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Tips for Beating the Holiday Blues from Cummins’ Chief Clinical Officer Robb Enlow
Traditionally speaking, the end-of-the-year holidays are often associated with concepts like love, happiness, warmth, family, friendship and togetherness. But despite conventional wisdom, there are many realities of the …
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How Nutrition Affects Mental Health with Cummins’ Jaime Selby and Hendricks Regional Health’s Kaitie Delgado
When we’re feeling hungry and need something to eat, we might not always stop to think about what we’re putting into our bodies. In reality, though, the food …
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Giving Domestic Violence Survivors a Chance at Independence: Cummins BHS, Sheltering Wings and RealAmerica Announce Haven Homes
Domestic violence levies an enormous toll on women, men and children across the United States. According to the National Domestic Violence Hotline, more than 12 million people …
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