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Drug Summit for the Community Planned on March 7th
Posted on: February 4, 2014 12:00 pm
Please join Walden at the Drug Summit planned for the Community on March 7, 2014 at 6:30 p.m. at the Hollywood Volunteer Fire Hall.Walden will be partnering with the St. Mary’s County Department of Aging and Human Services, Health Department, Sheriff’s
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The Courage to Share So Others Get Help
Posted on: January 31, 2014 12:35 pm
Many thanks to Nicole Clark, The Enterprise and especially to "Carol" for telling the story of surviving domestic violence and programs and supports that can help victims.
For more information about Walden's crisis and trauma support for victims of domestic
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New information cards about Walden to view, share and print!
Posted on: January 8, 2014 11:38 pm
Now available and just a click away! Information cards inclusive of frequently asked questions about Walden services. Check back for more information card albums soon!
Outpatient mental health, outpatient addiction and crisis and trauma:
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Walden sites will open 1/3 at 10 a.m.
Posted on: January 3, 2014 9:08 am
While the wintry blast of chilly air and snow has made for a beautiful scene around Southern Maryland, the wind chill and potentially slick roads have created some challenges. All Walden clinical sites normally open on Friday mornings will open at 10 a.m. today.
Thank you for your patience!
read more …The Mary Kay Foundation Awards Walden Grant for Domestic Violence Services
Posted on: December 2, 2013 11:40 am
Walden sincerely thanks The Mary Kay Foundation for making Walden the recipient of a 2013 Shelter Grant to support our work providing hotline, crisis counseling, safety planning and sheltering services to victims of domestic violence. Without foundation and
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Day 6 Gratitude Challenge Post: grateful for life-long growth
Posted on: November 16, 2013 8:28 am
We are grateful for the human capacity to grow at any age, in big and small ways. Bob Dylan, songwriter and painter known to so many of us as a folk artist, is now expressing himself creatively with iron art. At 72, he uses found iron objects and welds
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From Day 5 of Gratitude Challenge: Thank you veterans, families and those who serve by helping them!
Posted on: November 16, 2013 8:09 am
We are grateful for all who serve, all who love a veteran, and all who support veterans.
From a June 2012 blog post of ours about veterans and PTSD:
For many Americans, living with PTSD is a daily reality-- for them and for their loved
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Gratitude Challenge Day 4 Post: Grateful for Courage
Posted on: November 6, 2013 7:50 am
Today, we are grateful for the opportunity created by the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention, Mary Kay Foundation, TJX Foundation and other donors who make possible our free crisis counseling, emergency assistance and support groups for victims
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Gratitude Challenge Day 3 Post: Grateful for the Capacity for Change
Posted on: November 4, 2013 7:36 am
Today, we are grateful for the capacity for change. The potential for change is a key component of hope. By the same token, having hope motivates us change our behaviors, living situations or other concerns that may be unhealthy for us. The
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Gratitude Challenge Day 2 Post: Rosalyn Carter's Work in Mental Health
Posted on: November 3, 2013 8:00 am
Today, we are grateful to Rosalyn Carter, for a lifetime of civil and determined work against stigmatizing and marginalizing persons with mental illnesses. Her 2010 book Within Our Reach: Ending the Mental Health Crisis with co-authors Susan
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Making Suicide Prevention an Every Day Matter
Posted on: September 11, 2013 7:33 am
Yesterday, September 10th 2013, was National Suicide Prevention Day. I was touched and grateful to receive the following text message from a colleague and friend: In light of National Suicide Prevention Day, I just wanted to let you know that I love you
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Expanding mental health and psychiatry services in Lexington Park
Posted on: May 19, 2013 8:52 am
Walden’s community mental health clinic service at Hope Place provides outpatient psychiatric and mental health therapy appointments. Appointments are available Monday-Friday, with daytime and evening options available. Our clinics accept Medicaid,
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AIDS International Conference & the Link between Drug Abuse and HIV
Posted on: July 24, 2012 10:36 am
Contributed by LS Webb, Community Engagement Manager for Walden SierraFor the first time in 22 years, the AIDS International Conference is being held in the United States. The conference is in Washington, DC from July 22-27th. The conference gathers
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About Nonsuicidal Self-Injury
Posted on: July 15, 2012 1:14 am
Contributed by LS Webb, Community Engagement Manager for Walden SierraPerhaps the first public figure to talk about self-injury was Princess Diana of England. For Diana, self-injury and bulimia were connected to depression and the overwhelming pressure of
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Music: a Mental Health Tool
Posted on: July 6, 2012 5:38 pm
Contributed by LS Webb, Community Engagement Manager for Walden SierraThose of us who play a favorite song to feel better-- or a sad song to reflect on a personal loss-- know that music and mood can go hand-in-hand. Dr. Galina Mindlin, MD, PhD has
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America’s Largest Preventable Public Health Problems: Addiction and Risky Substance Use
Posted on: July 2, 2012 6:26 pm
Contributed by L.S. Webb, Community Engagement Manager with Walden SierraThe newly published report from the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University (CASA Columbia, at www.casacolumbia.org) has declared what folks who have lost
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Loneliness, Getting Older and Potential Risks to Health
Posted on: June 29, 2012 3:24 pm
The Archives of Internal Medicine published two studies in mid June that point to loneliness as a potential risk to health. One of the studies looked at people aged 45 and up who had a high risk of heart disease or who had already been diagnosed with heart
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Lex Leader features Walden's Welcome to Your Health Home project
Posted on: June 29, 2012 11:53 am
Thanks to a grant from Maryland's Community Health Resources Commission, Walden is able to work with primary care partners Medstar St. Mary's Hospital and Greater Baden Medical Systems to co-locate behavioral health interventionist staff within the Get
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Honoring National PTSD Awareness Day June 27, 2012
Posted on: June 27, 2012 11:28 am
Today is National PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) Awareness Day. For many Americans, living with PTSD is a daily reality-- for them and for their loved ones. About 3.5% of American adults experience PTSD in any given year.Those impacted by PTSD,
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Positive Benefits of Professional Counseling — Too Many for One Post!
Posted on: June 12, 2012 8:44 pm
Contibuted by L.S. Webb, Community Engagement Manager for Walden SierraMany of us may have experienced the relief of getting something “off our chest” with a trusted confidante. We may also have experienced the disappointment—an even hurt-- when we try
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