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T riumphant
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On March 9, after one of the biggest snowstorms of the year, we were invited to attend and provide testimony at a public hearing on next year’s Michigan Department of Community Health budget. This is the state department which provides much of the funding for public mental health and substance abuse services in Michigan.
State Representative [...]
H aving
O ptimistic
P erceptions
E veryday
Did you know that more than 70 percent of all poison deaths occur in adults ages 20 to 59?
Did you know that about 90% of poisonings happen in the home?
Did you know that poisoning is a leading public health problem, second only to motor vehicle crashes as a leading cause of unintentional injury death?
National Poison [...]
Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary says that a stigma is a brand; a mark of shame or discredit. It is something that people with “mental illness” are saddled with. Society believes that people with mental illness are people who sit in the corner drooling all over themselves or someone who is a gun-toting psychopath who goes into [...]
A seed of recovery
Is
Counseling.
A seed of recovery
Is
The right medication.
A seed of recovery
Is
A support group.
These seeds of
Recovery
Bring forth
Good mental health.
