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Andra Hollenbeck from NAMI-SO asks about youth mental health options in the Rogue Valley. Guests are Darin Dale from Jackson Care Connect, one of the Oregon Health Plan (Medicaid) providers in the valley, and Sarah Hollingworth, from Kairos,
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NAMI-SO's Andra Hollenbeck brings in reps from two organizations in constant contact with people in danger of self-harm: Jackson Care Connect and Options for Southern Oregon. Chedric Monahan runs the Behavioral Health Program at JCC, and Sarah Small is the Development and Integrated Health Coordinator at Options.
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Medford is a regional hub for mental health services in Southern Oregon. But according to complaints from some patients and therapists, gaps in the mental…
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It's only a coincidence that we have featured several chats about grief and loss at a time of the year when the nights are long, dark, and cold. Into each…
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Some of the greatest needs in improving health in Jackson and Josephine Counties do not include things like diet and exercise. Those are important, too,…
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There is a huge difference between knowing the fact that everyone dies, and having to deal with an actual death. Grief can flatten a human being,…
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You came home from the concert and could not bring yourself to throw out the pretty program. So you saved it. With the programs from all the other…
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When Lynda Hurst found herself at Jackson County Mental Health in the summer of 2014, she was hoping to find a therapist. Hurst has struggled with…
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The psychiatrist James Gordon knows a thing or two about trauma, and not just the kind experienced by individuals. As the director of the Center for…
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Mental illness is better understood than it once was. But people who have lived through mental illness and people who work with them say there is still a…
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Mental illness affects something like 19% of the U.S. population over the course of a year. So there's a good chance someone you know--or you--will be…
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It gives your muscles and joints a good stretching, but yoga is about more than just body health. It is a way for practitioners to center themselves and…
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A.W. Barnes lost his brother, Mike, to suicide 25 years ago. They had much in common, being gay brothers in a big conservative family in the Midwest. But…
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Alice Tallmadge lost a beloved niece to suicide nearly three decades ago. It was at the height of the controversy over "recovered memories," which often…