By Rex Dickens or the NAMI Sibling and Adult Children Network. Opening Paragraphs by Adam Slosberg I am fortunate to have a loving and supporting family that helps me deal with and cope with my serious mental illness. I consider myself extremely fortunate. I feel that some of my family, mainly those quite empathetic or […]
Mind Springs Health follows a new, emerging model of respite that is client centric. Molly Fiore, Peer Services Coordinator shares with us her personal experience with mental illness and how the new model of respite would have helped her in her time of need. Janice Curits, Peer Services Manager for Mind Springs Health helps us […]
How to Multiply Your Happy During Mental Health Awareness Month & All Year Long
It sounds too good to be true but it is scientifically proven that if you incorporate the power of positive psychology into your life, you will experience emotional, social, career and health benefits. Even better news no matter who you are, multiplying your happy is not hard to do, you just have to know a […]
It was the eve of my 18th birthday when I learned my cousin completed suicide. I remember details about this night and the following day with exceptional clarity. Life was a series of thens for a while after that. Then a birthday cake I didn’t want to eat; then gifts I didn’t want to open; […]
Mind Springs Health, the largest provider of mental health and addiction treatment on the western slope continues to expand available community psychiatric resources by announcing the appointment of psychiatrist Thomas Newton and Advanced Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner Caitlin Branham to its Grand Junction practice. A Colorado native, Newton comes to Mind Springs Health most recently from […]
Each year, Mind Springs Health and West Springs Hospital have the honor of hosting a Recovery Festival to celebrate the progress made by those in recovery from mental illness and/or addiction. Many people shared their stories of recovery or joined in song during a ceremony followed by a balloon release. The ceremony also had an […]
I think of my Bipolar as being an evil entity that lies dormant inside my body, waiting for an opportunity to take over my entire being. Almost like a demon possession. When I am at the height of stability (remembering to take my Lithium and practice mindfulness and use my coping skills) the “demon” is […]
By: Sharon Raggio President & CEO Mind Springs Health Young adults and parents have been buzzing with mixed reviews about the new Netflix show 13 Reasons Why, in which a young girl completes suicide. The stated intention of the show is to start a dialogue about suicide, but its intensity and messaging are extremely concerning. […]
BY S. Growing up, I had an image of the “perfect family” and that was all I ever dreamed of; watching other kids around me with their parents at school events, playing at the park, being completely adored and loved. At 2 years old I was put into the foster care system after not even […]
