Hazelden’s new intensive outpatient treatment program focuses on the LGBTQ+ community
The new LGBTQ+ intensive outpatient support group launched June 6. It has already attracted a small but growing group of members.
Mental Health & Addiction
Tolulope Ola: Understanding culture is key to improving mental health
This year’s African Mental Health Summit, titled “Seeing the Past But Not Captured by it: The Need for Cultural Healing,” will be held July 11 at the Minneapolis Institute of Art.
Mission Detox takes new name and will soon provide opioid withdrawal services
Leaders at the newly named Judy Retterath Withdrawal Management Center in Plymouth decided to expand their withdrawal management offerings because they saw an acute need for these services.
Out of the ashes: Self-portrait series depicts a young artist’s struggle with psychosis
This spring, a collection of Uma Oswald’s self-portraits was hung at the University of Minnesota’s Institute for Translational Research in Children’s Mental Health, a center that brings together researchers to study the latest research on mental illness in young people.
With her new nonprofit, Laurice Reed is taking on borderline personality disorder
I Am Borderline is a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing education and research about borderline personality disorder (BPD) and supporting individuals and families living with the diagnosis.
Where the heart is: To better serve clients, many St. David’s Center therapists are meeting them at home
For some families, Whittier said, making the trip to a therapy appointment, even if the facility where it is held is only a few miles away from home, “can still feel like a real burden.”
Could technology help address Minnesota’s serious psychiatrist shortage?
Genoa Healthcare, a national provider of pharmacy services in mental health clinics with 20 in-clinic pharmacies based in the state, is in the process of establishing telepsychiatry services in several Minnesota mental health clinics.
The state of Minnesota may give a boost to addiction programs that use traditional healing practices
“We know that traditional healing has been a holistic approach for generations,” said deputy human services commissioner Claire Wilson. “It has worked. We also know that what’s not working for American Indians is conventional treatment methods.”
The mental health benefits of ‘forest bathing’
The walks aren’t focused on the act of walking exactly, but more on observing and interacting with nature.
New set of emergency department standards may help identify patients at high risk for suicide
Sometimes a stomachache is just a stomachache. Other times it’s more.
Funding sought to start peer-run respite homes to support Minnesotans in mental health crisis
Some 17 states, including Wisconsin, have peer respite homes up and running, but there are none in Minnesota. H.F. 2301 requests an appropriation to establish two such homes in Greater Minnesota.
In a world of options, genetic testing may help identify the right psychiatric medication
For people who struggle to find the right medication, pharmacogenomics could help speed the process of recovery. The field has been the subject of study at the University of Minnesota and the Mayo Clinic.
Bean dreams: Entrepreneur hopes Coffee Rehab will put recovery front and center
The coffee shop Katy Armendariz envisions would support recovery from all angles. Staff and managers would all be in active recovery, so everyone would feel comfortable talking about their lives and support each other in their struggles to stay sober.
In ‘The Happiness Playlist,’ musician Mark Mallman reveals his soundtrack for joy
Mallman’s playlist is an eclectic mix of musical styles, but all the songs have one thing in common: a focus on happiness, optimism, bravery and, most important of all, joy.
Lawyer well-being emphasized at MN Supreme Court’s ‘Call to Action’ conference
“The law is a stressful job in terms of the demands that have always been placed on lawyers in the workplace,” said Joan Bibelhausen.
‘So many people are dying’: Rural Minnesotans struggle to access opioid addiction treatment
Methadone, the drug commonly used to curb withdrawal symptoms as a person tapers off heroin, requires supervised daily dosing — which is available in very few cities in Greater Minnesota.
For college students, mental health support — in any form — is key
Learn to Live, an online cognitive behavioral therapy program, is offered free to University of Minnesota students. “It’s streamlined, it’s effective, it’s quick,” says student Sawyer Boyles.
Is medical cannabis safe for pain? Advocates say yes, addiction experts demur
In August 2016, patients certified by a registered clinician as having intractable pain became eligible to receive medical cannabis in the state. Since then, the number of Minnesotans using cannabis to treat their pain has been on the rise.
Tony Lourey on his role as Minnesota’s new DHS commissioner: ‘This is the space that I’ve dedicated my life to’
The four-term Democratic state senator from Kerrick has a long history of legislative experience working on behavioral health issues.
Hired to help: St. Paul Public Library social worker assists patrons in need
Ruby Rivera gets to combine her passion for libraries with her desire to roll up her sleeves and help people navigate life’s toughest moments.