Newsletter Sep/Oct 2021

Newsletter Sep/Oct 2021

Alabama’s three pilot Crisis Centers, AltaPointe Health, the Montgomery Area Mental Health Authority, and WellStone, have launched services in their communities to individuals with mental illness and substance use disorder. The centers were funded by Governor Kay Ivey and the

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Newsletter Jul/Aug 2021

Newsletter Jul/Aug 2021

The Alabama Department of Mental Health, community mental health and substance use disorder prevention and treatment partners and the Montgomery Biscuits are hosting Strike Out Stigma Night to offer valuable information and resources on mental illness and substance use disorders.

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Newsletter May/Jun 2021

Newsletter May/Jun 2021

In the year since COVID-19 upended daily life, mental health struggles have skyrocketed, accelerating an already dire health crisis that some are calling a second pandemic. But help-seeking and action-taking for mental health has not kept pace. Often, the hardest

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Eye Am

Eye Am

A 28-year-old male who has been at Taylor Hardin Secure Medical Facility for 1 and a half years and is working toward an imminent discharge. He writes: “I have gained keen insight into the importance of a work/life balance since

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