Thanks to the Community Wellness Task Force of Lake Forest and Lake Bluff, local residents now have a way to anonymously text with a mental health professional any time of day or night if they have concerns about themselves or someone else.  By simply texting 847HELP to 274637, the person will be connected to a local clinician via text, but will be able to retain his or her anonymity because the text messages are sent through a third-party...

Check out my guest post on the LEAD website- a fantastic non-profit organization that I sit on the Board of.  Hopefully it will help you approach your New Year’s resolutions in a different way.  Happy New Year!

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Good news for the winter blues!  Recent research indicates that winter and dreary weather are not necessarily linked to an increase in depressive symptoms.  Many of us assume that the winter blues are unavoidable, but these findings suggest that weather and time of year have very little impact on the true symptoms of depression such as long-lasting sadness, hopelessness, sleep troubles, or problems with appetite.  It is true that Seasonal...