Mental Health

Home / News & Events / Mental Health

Seasonal affective disorder and major depressive disorder: What’s the Difference?

News
Health & Wellness
Have you ever felt down as the seasons change and the days get shorter? Or maybe you experience lingering ...
View all posts tagged:
depression Mental Health seasonal affective disorder

Prioritizing Mental Health as a First Responder

News
Health & Wellness
The day-to-day life of a first responder is much different than for the rest of us. Instead of worrying ...
View all posts tagged:
PTSD Mental Health

Navigating the Holidays as a Foster Parent

News
Health & Wellness
Holidays can be an exciting time to celebrate and spend time with family, but for foster children, the holidays ...
View all posts tagged:
holidays Mental Health foster care

Feeling like a Fraud?  It Might Be Imposter Syndrome

News
Health & Wellness
Doubting our abilities, lacking confidence, or feeling incompetent in the workplace can be signs of imposter syndrome and it’s ...
View all posts tagged:
Education featured imposter syndrome

Supporting the Mental Health of People with Intellectual Disabilities

News
Health & Wellness
When you think about your day-to-day life, going to work, participating in a hobby or spending time with friends ...
View all posts tagged:
Mental Health Education

How to Help Your Child Manage Back-to-School Anxiety

Children & Teens
Health & Wellness
The transition from summer vacation to returning to school can be anxiety-provoking because of the all the unknowns that ...

Tips for Supporting a Person with a Terminal Diagnosis

Mental Health
Health & Wellness
Understandably, a person’s mental health can be deeply impacted when they are diagnosed with a terminal illness and a ...

Can EMDR Help Me?

Mental Health
Health & Wellness
Thanks to ongoing education, information, and research regarding mental health, effective treatments continue to develop and make their way ...

Understanding and Overcoming Loneliness

Mental Health
Health & Wellness
The United States Surgeon General recently identified loneliness as an epidemic and emphasized that the physical effects of loneliness ...

Understanding Panic Attacks

Anxiety
Health & Wellness
Panic attacks are a common circumstance for many individuals. According to the Cleveland Clinic, it is reported that up ...

How to Support Someone with Racial Trauma

Mental Health
Health & Wellness
July is Minority Mental Health Month, and it’s a good time to learn about racial trauma and what we ...

Overcoming Barriers to Men’s Mental Health Care

Mental Health
Health & Wellness
For many men, phrases like “toughen up” or “boys don’t cry” start in early childhood. This unhealthy narrative leads ...

Keeping Your Kids Mentally Healthy During the Summer

Children and Teens
Health & Wellness
Summer is a great time to go on trips, host family gatherings and relax. And although many kids love ...

Busting Four Common Myths about Schizophrenia

Mental Health
Health & Wellness
According to the National Alliance on Mental Health, approximately 2.4 million Americans are living with a schizophrenia diagnosis. Every ...

Postpartum Depression: What You Should Know

Mental Health
Health & Wellness
For most parents, the birth of a new child is one of the most exciting times in their lives. ...

Your Diagnosis Doesn’t Define You

Mental Health
Health & Wellness
Throughout history, mental illness has been seen as taboo or controversial and has been met with many stereotypes that ...
View all posts tagged:
Mental Health trauma Education

Four Ways to Celebrate Life in the New Year

Holidays
Health & Wellness
Shifting from year to year without taking a break can make you feel like you are going through the ...
View all posts tagged:
tips and life hacks New Year Celebrating Life

Four Ways to Avoid Overdoing the Holidays

Holidays
Health & Wellness
For some, the season of giving might feel more like the season of stress. People typically celebrate the holidays ...
View all posts tagged:
holidays Mental Health tips and life hacks

How to maintain positivity through the holiday season

Holidays
Health & Wellness
The holiday season is often depicted as the best time of the year, but that doesn’t necessarily ring true ...
View all posts tagged:
holidays Mental Health

Managing Estranged Relationships during the Holidays

Mental Health
Health & Wellness
There is a universal message heavily ingrained in our society for people to set aside their feelings for the ...

Mental Health Challenges for Men

Mental Health
Health & Wellness
Growing up, you hear the expressions, “rub some dirt on it” or “suck it up” when trying to express emotions through pain, sadness, ...
View all posts tagged:
Mental Health tips Men

Supporting Caregivers’ Mental Health

Mental Health
Health & Wellness
Have you ever given thought to how much work caregivers do? Caregivers are willing to set aside their own ...
View all posts tagged:
Mental Health stress caregivers

Prioritizing Your Mental Health

Mental Health
Health & Wellness
When someone experiences ongoing physical pain, they typically visit a primary care physician, and if that person experiences other ...
View all posts tagged:
Mental Health Physical Health tips

15 Ways to Express Gratitude

Family Matters
Health & Wellness
Gratitude is much more than just saying “thank you” or “I’m grateful for you.” Practicing and living with gratitude ...
View all posts tagged:
Gratitude holidays Family Matters

How stress and burnout are bad for your mental health

Tips and Life Hacks
Health & Wellness
For many people, there is not enough time to devote to everything we want to accomplish in a given ...
View all posts tagged:
Mental Health stress Burnout

What is Gaslighting?

Mental Health
Health & Wellness
Approximately three in four adults have no idea what gaslighting is and likely do not know the signs. Gaslighting ...
View all posts tagged:
Mental Health abuse Gaslighting

What is Trauma?

Trauma
Health & Wellness
Have you ever experienced an event that changed your life, and it still affects your well-being or day-to-day activities? ...
View all posts tagged:
Mental Health trauma PTSD

Mental Health Tips for Step-Parents

Family Matters
Health & Wellness
“Family” can hold a variety of meanings, roles, and relationships for everyone. One dynamic often overlooked is being a ...
View all posts tagged:
Family Matters Mental Health Step-Parents

Connections Advisory Council Set to Meet December 27

News
Press Release
Centerstone, a national leader in behavioral health care, will host the quarterly Connections Advisory Council meeting on December 27 ...

Mental Health Challenges and Tips for Older Adults

Mental Health
Health & Wellness
For many, one of the perks of reaching the third age (ages 65 to 84) is pursuing retirement and ...
View all posts tagged:
Mental Health Physical Health Older Adults

What is Dissociation?

Mental Health
Health & Wellness
Dissociation is the separation from sensory experiences, sense of self, or personal history resulting in feelings of being disconnected, ...
View all posts tagged:
Mental Health trauma Dissociation

Mental Health Challenges in the LGBTQ+ Community

LGBTQ+
Health & Wellness
Those in the LGBTQ+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and more) community are often met with significant barriers when ...
View all posts tagged:
LGBTQ+ Mental Health Physical Health

Talking to Children about Divorce

Family Matters
Health & Wellness
Families don’t always stay together as originally planned, and divorce becomes a challenging reality. How does one address this ...
View all posts tagged:
Family Matters Mental Health Children & Teens

Mental Health Benefits of Pet Ownership

Family Matters
Health & Wellness
After a bad day at school or work, many people look forward to being home with someone or something they ...
View all posts tagged:
Family Matters Mental Health Physical Health

Flip the Switch on Your Strengths

Stress
Health & Wellness
Are you struggling right now? Do you feel that your issues are dragging you down and preventing you from ...
View all posts tagged:
stress anger support

What Makes Your Engine Run? It May be Time to Convert Your Engine to a New Self-care Fuel Source

Mental Health
Health & Wellness
“It was as if I had been trying to run on gasoline and I actually had a diesel engine.” ...

Our Nation’s Growing Mental Health Crisis: Time for Action

Mental Health
Health & Wellness
May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and the United States is likely more aware of mental health concerns than ...
View all posts tagged:
Legislative Advocacy Mental Health

Talking to Your Children about Consent

Children & Teens
Health & Wellness
When parents have a newborn baby or infant, there’s often an expectation that friends and loved ones will want ...
View all posts tagged:
Children and Teens Family Matters Mental Health

Centerstone to Host Art Show Featuring Work From Youth

News
Press Release
Centerstone, a national leader in behavioral health care, is hosting an art show, The Pandemic Project: Processing the Pandemic ...
View all posts tagged:
resilience art emotional health

Centerstone to Host Free, Virtual Flourish Open House Webinar for Families to Build Parenting Skills, Supports

News
Press Release
Centerstone, a national leader in behavioral health care, will host free, virtual Flourish Open House webinar on April 5 ...
View all posts tagged:
well-being safety Mental Health

What is Bipolar Disorder and How Can We Help?

Mental Health
Health & Wellness
Have you ever cycled through a wide range of emotions and assumed it was a small case of mood ...
View all posts tagged:
Mental Health bipolar disorder mood swings

When the Support Person Needs Support

Mental Health
Health & Wellness
If you’re anything like me, you are probably familiar with providing emotional support to some of the people in ...

Centerstone Receives Grant from Southern Illinois Leadership Institute to Purchase Family Strengthening Kits

News
Press Release
Centerstone, a national leader in behavioral health care, received a $750 grant from the Southern Illinois Leadership Institute (SILI) ...
View all posts tagged:
trauma children family

Centerstone Receives Grant From Clearwave for Clients in Need

News
Press Release
Centerstone, a national leader in behavioral health care, received a $2,500 grant from Clearwave Communications to help address Centerstone ...
View all posts tagged:
Mental Health recovery substance use

Mental Health Tips for Single Parents

Family Matters
Health & Wellness
Families come in all shapes and sizes, including single-parent households headed by a widowed, divorced, or separated parent with ...
View all posts tagged:
Family Matters Mental Health Single Parents

What Do Social Workers Do?

Social Work
Health & Wellness
When people think of social work, they often associate it with therapy or case management, but social work is ...
View all posts tagged:
Mental Health children social work

Teens: How to Start a difficult Conversation With an Adult

Family Matters
Blog
As a teenager, you probably have many questions about sex, your changing body, dating, friendships and mental health. You ...
View all posts tagged:
Mental Health teen dating

Helping Heal Heroes Together

News
Blog
Supporting our nation’s heroes isn’t always just about supporting the hero. Sometimes it means ensuring those who are the ...
View all posts tagged:
Cohen Military Family Clinic

Talk to Your Teens about Internet Safety

Family Matters
Health & Wellness
Many things have a good and bad side. For teens, using the internet is known to have benefits as ...
View all posts tagged:
Mental Health Children and Teens Internet Safety

What is telehealth and how does it work?

Mental Health
Health & Wellness
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in mass quarantining around the world. Since such measures began, the increased isolation ...
View all posts tagged:
Access to Care Mental Health Telehealth

How to prevent your emotions from ruining your career

News
Press Release
There are two ways that your emotions can derail your career track. One way is to let your emotions ...

School-Based Therapy Is Helpful to Children

Children and Teens
Health & Wellness
Child and adolescent years are filled with significant changes that can often impact one’s mental and physical health. Young ...
View all posts tagged:
school-based therapy Children and Teens Education

Six Healthy Ways to Navigate Disagreements with your Partner

Mental Health
Health & Wellness
Every person has had a disagreement with someone they love, but that does not mean it is the end ...
View all posts tagged:
Mental Health relationships communication

The Importance of Connection through Meaningful Relationships

Mental Health
Health & Wellness
From a young age, we are taught that we should not talk to strangers, but sometimes strangers become our ...
View all posts tagged:
Mental Health relationships connection

Reduce the Stigma of Marriage Counseling

Mental Health
Health & Wellness
There’s nothing else quite like the promise of spending the rest of your life with someone, but sometimes marriage ...
View all posts tagged:
Mental Health relationships marriage

10 Ways to Show Your Partner Appreciation

Mental Health
Health & Wellness
There is an immense amount of pressure to perform grand romantic gestures for your partner on holidays and milestones. ...
View all posts tagged:
Mental Health relationships

How to be a safe space for someone

News
Press Release
Have you noticed that people are brimming over with anger lately? One of the reasons for this is that ...

How to Talk to Your Teen about Dating

Relationships
Health & Wellness
Being a parent is one of the most challenging tasks in life, but parenting teenagers can be the ultimate ...
View all posts tagged:
Mental Health relationships Teens

Supporting those Achieving Recovery through Sober Living

Addiction
Health & Wellness
Addiction is one of the hardest things a person might go through in their life. It can also be ...
View all posts tagged:
Mental Health Addiction recovery

Using Art to Improve Mental Well-Being

Art Therapy
Health & Wellness
When people think of ways to cope through difficult life events, it usually looks like the more common methods ...
View all posts tagged:
Relaxation Mental Health recovery

What are Intrusive Thoughts and Where do they Come From?

Intrusive Thoughts
Health & Wellness
Have you ever thought about something that disturbed you or interrupted your peace? Did it ever sound like, you’re ...
View all posts tagged:
Intrusive Thoughts Mental Health

The Strength in Veterans Receiving Counseling

Military Archives
Health & Wellness
There are so many things that our nation’s service members put on the line or sacrifice for our freedom, ...
View all posts tagged:
Mental Health veterans Military

How Setting Goals can Positively Impact our Mental Health

Depression
Health & Wellness
The New Year can often bring goals and expectations that are impossible to keep up with. Instead of focusing ...
View all posts tagged:
tips and life hacks New Year Goals

How New Year’s resolutions impact mental health

Holidays
Health & Wellness
It’s that time of year again where we begin wrapping up and reflecting on our biggest accomplishments of the ...
View all posts tagged:
Mental Health New Year Goals

How Holiday Celebrations Can Bring You Happiness

Family Matters
Health & Wellness
The holidays are all about celebrating the values that bring us together in life, such as our friends and ...
View all posts tagged:
holidays Family Matters Mental Health

What is Peer Pressure and Who is at Risk?

Mental Health
Health & Wellness
Have you ever done something you didn’t want to do in order to belong to a friend group or ...
View all posts tagged:
Mental Health peer pressure boundaries

What is Jealousy and How to manage it?

Relationships
Health & Wellness
Relationships take plenty of hard work and communication in order to thrive, but they are not always easy. Sometimes ...
View all posts tagged:
Mental Health relationships Jealousy

Managing Grief around the Holidays

Grief
Health & Wellness
The holidays are full of memories and traditions centered on family and friends. Unfortunately for some, the holidays might ...
View all posts tagged:
holidays Mental Health grief

Navigating conversations about bullying and what to look for

Family Matters
Health & Wellness
Many of us look back on our time at school with fond memories, but those who were frequently bullied ...
View all posts tagged:
Bullying Children and Teens Mental Health

Keeping Your Children Safe for Halloween Celebrations

Holidays
Health & Wellness
Halloween is one of the most highly anticipated holidays for fun festivities, but it might look a little different ...
View all posts tagged:
holidays Mental Health tips and life hacks

5 Ways to Boost your Productivity

Mental Health
Health & Wellness
It is next to impossible for anyone to be 100% productive or motivated at all times. Most people need ...
View all posts tagged:
productivity Mental Health tips and life hacks

Balancing Empathy and Self-Care

Mental Health
Health & Wellness
Do you cry when others cry? Do you find the news too difficult to watch at times? Are you ...

How stress management can benefit your physical and mental health

Mental Health
Health & Wellness
There are a multitude of reasons that people find themselves stressed in their daily life. Some points of stress ...
View all posts tagged:
Mental Health stress

The Beauty in Purposelessness

Mental Health
Health & Wellness
Throughout life, many of us are taught that our worth is equal to how much we produce and contribute. ...

Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment through MAT

Addiction
Health & Wellness
Alcohol Use Disorder is a substance use disorder characterized as an inability to control the consumption of alcoholic substances ...
View all posts tagged:
Mental Health Addiction MAT

Homelessness in America and How Centerstone is Helping

Mental Health
Health & Wellness
Homelessness is a growing issue in the United States. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, there were more than 580,000 ...
View all posts tagged:
Mental Health homelessness Community

Centerstone to present at A Healing State of Mind: From Crisis to Recovery for All

News
Press Release
Centerstone will present at A Healing State of Mind: From Crisis to Recovery for All by the National Alliance ...

Offering Support During Domestic Violence Awareness Month

Mental Health
Health & Wellness
Domestic violence is defined as physical, mental, verbal, emotional, sexual, and financial abuse that takes place within an intimate ...
View all posts tagged:
Mental Health relationships domestic violence

Forgiving Family: Setting Healthy Boundaries

Family Matters
Health & Wellness
Have you seen the way that family is portrayed in television and films? Sometimes it can paint the picture-perfect ...
View all posts tagged:
Family Matters Mental Health relationships

Improving Children’s Mental Health through Healthy Encouragement

Mental Health
Health & Wellness
How often do you vocalize how proud you are of someone? It feels good to make people smile, but ...
View all posts tagged:
Family Matters Mental Health children

Healthy Vs. Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms

Addiction
Health & Wellness
Imagining a world before COVID-19 can be hard to do, let alone imagining that COVID-19 has disappeared. Being confined ...
View all posts tagged:
Mental Health Addiction

Your Service Still Matters

Grief
Health & Wellness
For many days now, countless people around the globe have been glued to their television and phone screens as ...
View all posts tagged:
Mental Health Military

What is Overdose?

Addiction
Health & Wellness
Overdose is a life threatening situation requiring immediate emergency care that can result when someone ingests too much of ...
View all posts tagged:
Addiction Overdose

Managing uncertainty during this new phase of the COVID-19 pandemic

Anxiety
Health & Wellness
When the pandemic started back in early 2020, it was like we were shot out of a cannon. At ...
View all posts tagged:
Mental Health anxiety

The Power of Diverse Friendships

Mental Health
Health & Wellness
All healthy friendships require challenge for growth. When friends present ideas and thoughts that are different from each other, ...
View all posts tagged:
growth relationships diversity

Improving Social Wellness to Strengthen Mental Health

Mental Health
Health & Wellness
Social wellness is a dimension of wellness that focuses on connection to help provide a sense of self-worth and ...
View all posts tagged:
friends connection friendship

Strengthening Mental Health in Summer

Mental Health
Health & Wellness
Summer! Many of us view it as an exciting time to go out and do activities, take vacations, and ...
View all posts tagged:
Mental Health sleep summer

The relationship between mental and physical health

Depression
Blog
By Mandi Ryan, MSN, RN A widely-believed myth surrounding mental health is that it is less important than physical ...
View all posts tagged:
ccbhc

How to Say No

Mental Health
Health & Wellness
“Yes, of course I’ll help!” One of the kindest, yet most detrimental phrases out there. Many of us truly ...
View all posts tagged:
helping honesty self-care

The Mental Health Benefits of Deep Friendship

Mental Health
Health & Wellness
We can’t live life fully alone – we all need some sort of support system. While our families can ...
View all posts tagged:
connection support friendship

Dare to Improve Your Mental Health

Tips and Life Hacks
Health & Wellness
Sometimes the things that we know will benefit us most are the hardest things to make ourselves do. Taking ...
View all posts tagged:
mindfulness tips honesty

The Benefits of Exercising Mindfulness

Mental Health
Health & Wellness
Mindfulness is being aware of your own thoughts and feelings. According to Dr. Janet Taylor, Community Psychiatrist for Centerstone, ...
View all posts tagged:
stress mindfulness meditation

Navigating trauma through creative expression

Family Matters
Press Release
By Kristine Nunn, LMFT   Trauma experienced by children is now deemed a public health issue by the Centers ...
View all posts tagged:
children families ct3

How Alcohol Affects the Body and Mind

Addiction
Health & Wellness
When taking a look at substance use disorders, including alcohol use disorders, it is important to know the facts. ...
View all posts tagged:
Mental Health Physical Health Addiction

7 Ways to Support Teen Self-Esteem

Children & Teens
Health & Wellness
Over the years, it has become increasingly difficult for many teens to maintain good self-esteem. Even if your peers ...
View all posts tagged:
Mental Health teen family

Pandemic fatigue and the state of mental health

Mental Health
Press Release
Mental Health Month is celebrated every May as a time to help eliminate the stigma associated with mental illness ...
View all posts tagged:
coronavirus providers isolation

Mental Health Month Facts for May

News
Press Release
Mental Health Awareness Month (or Mental Health Month) is recognized in the United States each May and has been ...
View all posts tagged:
facts Mental Health mental health month

How to talk to children about parental substance use disorder

Addiction
Health & Wellness
A major concern for parents struggling with substance use disorder is how to talk to their children about their ...

Understanding survivor’s guilt

Grief
Health & Wellness
Survivor’s guilt is a response to an event in which someone else experienced loss but you did not. While ...
View all posts tagged:
sadness stress trauma

Letting go of anger and resentment

Mental Health
Health & Wellness
When someone does something that harms or offends us, we often respond with anger. Feeling angry at upsetting situations ...
View all posts tagged:
relationships anger mindfulness

The importance of being honest about mental health

Anxiety
Health & Wellness
We all experience mental health challenges at different levels and different times. For some, mental illness is something they ...
View all posts tagged:
Mental Health COVID-19 coronavirus

How stress affects you physically

Mental Health
Health & Wellness
We know what goes on in our minds when we feel stressed. For some, stressful situations are met with ...
View all posts tagged:
ccbhc Physical Health stress

7 Ways to Make Relaxation a Part of Your Recovery

Anxiety
Blog
Practicing relaxation can mean more than deep breathing. Relaxation can help with strong feelings such as stress, anxiety and ...
View all posts tagged:
Mental Health recovery Relaxation

What bipolar disorder is, and what it isn’t

Depression
Health & Wellness
Everyone experiences shifts in mood from time to time. These are often brought about by changes in circumstances, stress, ...
View all posts tagged:
mania depression Mental Health

How social workers help people

Mental Health
Health & Wellness
Social workers are trained professionals who specialize in improving the quality of life and well-being of others. They do ...
View all posts tagged:
Mental Health family services abuse

Connections Advisory Council set to meet March 30

Addiction
Press Release
Centerstone, a national leader in behavioral health care, will host the quarterly Connections Advisory Council meeting on March 30 ...

Exercising positivity to maintain happiness

Mental Health
Health & Wellness
We all want to be as happy and peaceful as we can be. Sometimes, right when we feel happy ...
View all posts tagged:
happiness hope resilience

How to get good sleep

Mental Health
Health & Wellness
Sleep is a vital part of every person’s daily routine as it provides a necessary recharge to your body ...
View all posts tagged:
8 hours stress tips

Understanding self-injury

Mental Health
Health & Wellness
Putting oneself in a situation where they will be hurt, physically or emotionally, is against our basic instincts. Most ...
View all posts tagged:
emotions pain attention

How being kind to others helps you

Depression
Health & Wellness
We all know the Golden Rule: “Treat others the way you want to be treated yourself.” From childhood, we ...
View all posts tagged:
kind acts helping good feelings

Recovering from Online Infidelity

Mental Health
Health & Wellness
Online infidelity is an affair through a digital platform or method, whether text, email, social media or anything else. ...
View all posts tagged:
explicit online confrontation

How to Handle Conflict in Relationships

Mental Health
Health & Wellness
No matter how perfect your partner may seem, there is no such thing as a perfect relationship. There will ...
View all posts tagged:
relationships marriage relationship problems

Body Image: Effects and Representation

Mental Health
Health & Wellness
Body image is a person’s subjective mental image of their own body, how they see themselves when looking in ...
View all posts tagged:
body positivity self-love confidence

What is grief and how to move forward with it

Grief
Health & Wellness
It is hard to sum up the events between the last few years as anything other than challenging and ...
View all posts tagged:
grief coping acceptance

Mental Health Myths

Anxiety
Health & Wellness
It’s no secret that there is a stigma surrounding mental health. The stigma effects people’s willingness to seek mental ...
View all posts tagged:
ccbhc

How to Keep Your New Year’s Resolutions

Holidays
Health & Wellness
The beginning of a new year always marks a time for establishing new goals and habits. There is an ...

Tips to Reduce Stress in 2021

Mental Health
Health & Wellness
Advertisements are filling the mail, decorations are mounting in the stores and the time for planning the events of ...

How to Let Go of the Past to Free Your Future

Holidays
Health & Wellness
Before any great team plans their strategy for an upcoming big game, they review the events of past games. ...
View all posts tagged:
tips and life hacks

Making the holidays meaningful through tradition

Family Matters
Health & Wellness
People, especially parents, often put in a tireless effort to make the holiday season special. We spend an enormous ...
View all posts tagged:
Mental Health holidays Family Matters

10 Tips to Combat Substance Use during the Holidays

Holidays
Health & Wellness
A challenge that often appears this time of the year is increased substance use during the holiday season. The ...
View all posts tagged:
Mental Health Addiction recovery

25 Self-Care Tips for December

Holidays
Health & Wellness
The month of December often brings hustle and bustle as we celebrate various holidays and prepare to start a ...
View all posts tagged:
holidays Mental Health self-care

Managing alone time and loneliness during the holidays

Holidays
Health & Wellness
For many, the holidays are filled with friends, family and constant celebration. People put socialization on overdrive and seem ...
View all posts tagged:
Suicide Prevention

Gratitude: The Key to Recovery

Addiction
Health & Wellness
By Mandy Hazel Centerstone Counselor and Case Manager November is a time many people set aside to express gratitude ...

Balancing Involvement to Support Children

Children & Teens
Health & Wellness
As caregivers and parents, it is vital that we develop a healthy way to guide, nurture and support the ...
View all posts tagged:
Mental Health Children & Teens Family Matters

Practicing Mindfulness to Reduce Holiday Stress

Anxiety
Health & Wellness
Not everyone approaches the holidays cheerfully. Some individuals see it as the most stressful time of the year. Common ...

Good vs. Bad Stress

Anxiety
Health & Wellness
Most people want to live life as stress-free as possible. We try to stay away from situations that we ...

Colder Weather and Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)

Depression
Health & Wellness
This time of year when the weather is cold, wet, and dreary, there are many days when we’d like ...
View all posts tagged:
depression Mental Health

Cyberbullying in the Digital World

Family Matters
Health & Wellness
As communication technology continues to advance, people become increasingly connected through the web and social media. 95% of teens ...
View all posts tagged:
Suicide Prevention Bullying

What OCD is, and what it isn’t

Anxiety
Health & Wellness
In our own ways, we all have a desire for order, cleanliness and assurance. We have specific ways that ...
View all posts tagged:
OCD obsessive-compulsive disorder organizing

Supporting someone who comes out as LGBTQ+

Family Matters
Health & Wellness
Everyone holds multiple identities that are important to them. These identities have to do with one’s race, ethnicity, religion, ...

What codependency is and how to move past it

Family Matters
Health & Wellness
When we are in need, many of us can think of at least one person we can always rely ...

Crisis Care Crucial to Suicide Prevention

988 Lifeline
Health & Wellness
In 2021, nearly 48,000 people died by suicide, and it is currently the twelfth leading cause of death nationally. ...
View all posts tagged:
Mental Health Suicide Prevention 988 Lifeline

Finding balance as a college student

Anxiety
Health & Wellness
College is a time in life where people can experience the most freedom. This freedom comes with opportunities such ...

Giving yourself grace during the COVID-19 pandemic

Mental Health
Health & Wellness
As we continue living through the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, there are pressures all around for everyone to use their ...

Centerstone Offers COVID-19 Relief through Tennessee Recovery Project

Depression
Press Release
Behavioral Health Team to Provide FREE Resource Connection, Short-Term Counseling in 21 Counties Centerstone, a national leader in behavioral ...

They are better off with you: Breaking down false beliefs about suicide

Mental Health
Health & Wellness
Suicide is in the top 10 leading causes of death in the United States. A recent study showed that ...
View all posts tagged:
NSPM2020

Parenting school-aged children during COVID-19

Mental Health
Health & Wellness
As COVID-19 spread and schools closed their doors, parents of school-aged children had to adjust quickly. For many, the ...

Getting Substance Use Treatment while Maintaining your Regular Life: MAT Can Help!

Mental Health
Health & Wellness
There’s a great deal of misinformation out there when it comes to substance use disorder and getting help. The ...

Dealing with Mask Anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic

Anxiety
Health & Wellness
One of the biggest adjustments we have all made during the COVID-19 pandemic is the incorporation of masks and ...

Managing Post-Acute Withdrawal Syndrome (PAWS)

Addiction
Blog
By Mandy Hazel, Centerstone Counselor and Case Manager Most people are aware of the physical symptoms that can occur ...

Reducing Back-to-School Stress for Students

Family Matters
Health & Wellness
As we quickly approach the first, “first day of school” with COVID-19, we recommend proactive preparation to help ease ...

Centerstone Honors National BIPOC Mental Health Awareness Month

Mental Health
Health & Wellness
July is National BIPOC Mental Health Awareness Month! At Centerstone, we recognize National BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of ...

Centerstone is Front and Center on Mental Health and Wellness for the LGBTQ+ Community

Mental Health
Health & Wellness
June 2020 will be remembered as one of the most significant months in the calendar year and perhaps in ...

Centerstone awarded $2,000,000 grant for trauma-focused treatment in Southern Illinois

Family Matters
Press Release
Centerstone was awarded a $2 million, five-year grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse ...

Centerstone to host video conference for parents in May

Family Matters
Press Release
Centerstone, a national leader in behavioral health care, will host a Parent Peers Empowering Parents (PPEP) meeting via video/telephone ...

Mental health matters, now more than ever before

News
Press Release
Mental Health Month has been observed in the United States every May since 1949. It’s a time for us, ...

Centerstone to participate in Giving Tuesday and Give STL Day

Mental Health
Press Release
Centerstone is collecting donations to help clients continue services during this time. Centerstone, a national leader in behavioral health ...
View all posts tagged:
Mental Health donation donate

5 Tips to Help Teens and Young Adults during the Coronavirus Pandemic

Family Matters
Health & Wellness
The coronavirus pandemic is changing everyone’s life, but for teens and young adults, the changes are especially notable. They’re ...

7 Tips for Parents to Support their Children’s Mental Health

Family Matters
Health & Wellness
The coronavirus pandemic has many of us fearful for what’s to come next. The unknowns of the disease and ...

What is Applied Behavior Analysis?

Family Matters
Health & Wellness
Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) is a type of therapy based on the science of behavior and learning. Individuals who ...
View all posts tagged:
autism

Mental Health Tips During COVID-19

Mental Health
Health & Wellness
In this new video, Dr. Jodie Robison, Executive Director of Centerstone’s Military Services, provides her suggestions for maintaining positive ...

Improving Access to Mental Health Care in Tennessee

News
Press Release
Thousands of Tennesseans are in a mental health care gap – which means they have barriers (such as cost ...
View all posts tagged:
tennessee Mental Health behavioral health safety net

Centerstone receives $2.1 million grant from Illinois Children’s Healthcare Foundation

News
Press Release
New funding will lead to a collaborative effort to improve the health of children and communities in Southern Illinois ...

It’s time for Congress to establish a national mental health crisis number

Mental Health
Blog
First published on TheHill.com. The success of 9-1-1, our nation’s emergency service hotline, is undeniable. In an instant, Americans ...
View all posts tagged:
Legislative Advocacy

Changing the Narrative Around Mental Health in the Military

Mental Health
Press Release
Many values are instilled in service members from their earliest days in basic military training and boot camp. Some ...
View all posts tagged:
Military Services Speakers Bureau

Centerstone Receives $175,000 Grant from Kendrick Foundation to Support School-Based Therapy in Indiana

Mental Health
Press Release
Centerstone recently received a $175,000 philanthropic grant from The Kendrick Foundation in Morgan County, Ind., to support school-based therapy ...
View all posts tagged:
indiana school-based therapy

Centerstone Featured in TIME Magazine’s Health Innovation Issue

Mental Health
Press Release
“They’re Going To Pull Out All The Stops” ~ Becky Stoll, vice president for crisis and disaster management for ...
View all posts tagged:
Mental Health Suicide Prevention

Regional CEO Melissa Larkin-Skinner speaks about mental health leadership

News
Press Release
Melissa Larkin-Skinner, Regional CEO of Centerstone based in Florida, was the special guest on “The #PopHealth Show” with Anthony ...
View all posts tagged:
Mental Health Addiction Treatment

How to Get Your Life Back Into Balance

Mental Health
Health & Wellness
Do you ever find yourself feeling exhausted or overwhelmed? Most people are busy with family, work, hobbies, or community ...
View all posts tagged:
tips and life hacks balance Mental Health

What are mood swings and how to manage them

Tips and Life Hacks
Health & Wellness
Experiencing a fluctuation of emotion for long periods is known as a mood swing. Some indications that you might ...
View all posts tagged:
Mental Health tips and life hacks anxiety

Mental Health Needs Its Own 3-Digit Hotline

Mental Health
Press Release
At a young age, most people know to dial 9-1-1 in an emergency. For someone amid a mental health ...
View all posts tagged:
Mental Health Speakers Bureau

Centerstone Launches New Treatment Therapies for Depression

News
Press Release
Centerstone, a national leader in behavioral health care, has introduced new therapies for individuals seeking treatment for severe depression. ...
View all posts tagged:
florida depression Treatment

5 Tips For Getting The Most Out Of Mental Health Treatment

Mental Health
Health & Wellness
We see and hear about it all the time. When wrestling with issues from addiction to depression to PTSD ...
View all posts tagged:
vulnerability Mental Health Treatment

Schizophrenia and Thought Disorders

Anxiety
Health & Wellness
The onset of serious psychotic symptoms was sudden and dramatic for George, a 51-year old man living with schizoaffective ...
View all posts tagged:
Mental Health anxiety

Centerstone Advocates for CCBHCs, Meets with Senate Leader McConnell

Addiction
Press Release
Recently, Centerstone staff members joined the National Council for Behavioral Health in Washington, D.C. to advocate for The Excellence ...
View all posts tagged:
Mental Health Addiction recovery

Mental Health Mythbusting

Mental Health
Health & Wellness
In the more than seven decades since the first observance of Mental Health Month, stigma surrounding mental health issues ...
View all posts tagged:
Mental Health

Kathryn Graber Honored as Child Advocate of the Year

Mental Health
Press Release
Centerstone’s Kathryn Graber was recently honored by Manatee Children’s Services as the James Wischer Child Advocate of the Year! ...
View all posts tagged:
florida

Centerstone’s April Newsletter

Mental Health
Press Release
The April issue of Centerstone’s Health + Wellness YOU is now available for viewing online, featuring lots of timely ...

Trauma Informed System of Care Conference in Illinois

Mental Health
Press Release
Speakers have been announced and registration is now open for the Trauma Informed System of Care Conference, co-hosted by ...
View all posts tagged:
Mental Health anxiety illinois

Seeking Clients for Illinois Grant Program

Addiction
Press Release
Centerstone is seeking new clients to enroll in a new grant funded program. The Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic ...
View all posts tagged:
illinois depression anxiety

Centerstone Launches New Autism Service

Mental Health
Press Release
Centerstone has launched Centerstone Autism Services: Think! Learn! Explore! (CASTLE), an intensive, evidence-based therapy program for children between the ...
View all posts tagged:
illinois

Peer Support Services at Capitol Hill in Nashville

News
Press Release
Centerstone Peer Support Services staff and clients took part in Behavioral Health Day at Capitol Hill in Nashville on ...
View all posts tagged:
tennessee Mental Health

How to Support Sexual Trauma Survivors

Family Matters
Health & Wellness
Every 68 seconds, someone is sexually assaulted. The probability that you know someone who has experienced sexual trauma is ...
View all posts tagged:
Family Matters Mental Health trauma

Centerstone Takes Home Award

Mental Health
Press Release
The Healing Arts Project, Inc. (HAPI) honored Centerstone with their Community Friend Award at the Phoenix Art Gala held ...
View all posts tagged:
Mental Health Success Stories

Three Ways Elected Leaders Can Change Healthcare

Mental Health
Health & Wellness
We are witnessing the first reduction in life expectancy for young American adults since the 1960s as a result ...
View all posts tagged:
Legislative Advocacy Speakers Bureau

Living in Uncertain Times: Coping With a New “Normal”

Anxiety
Health & Wellness
Stress is a normal reaction to an abnormal situation. We are living in an uncertain time where stress is ...
View all posts tagged:
Mental Health anxiety

31 Tips to Boost Your Mental Health in May

Depression
Health & Wellness
Mental Health Month comes around every May – usually when the weather is just starting to become nice in ...
View all posts tagged:
Family Problems depression Family Matters

Larkin-Skinner Named to Commission

News
Press Release
Centerstone’s Melissa Larkin-Skinner, Regional CEO, Florida, has been appointed to serve on the newly-formed Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School ...
View all posts tagged:
florida Leadership Mental Health

Four Steps to Improved Mental Health

Mental Health
Health & Wellness
One in five Americans has a treatable mental illness, and we all experience stress. The American Academy of Family ...
View all posts tagged:
depression Mental Health Physical Health

Changing Health Care for the Better

Mental Health
Health & Wellness
Leaders on Capitol Hill are, once again, poised to turn their attention to health care reform. While headlines about ...
View all posts tagged:
Mental Health

Toxic Relationships

Mental Health
Health & Wellness
Some people think of a “toxic relationship” as one that involves abuse, but it can be more subtle and ...
View all posts tagged:
relationships Toxic Mental Health

How to Forgive Yourself and Let go of Regrets

Holidays
Health & Wellness
We often hear the phrase “treat yourself” throughout the year, but we hear it considerably more around the holidays. ...
View all posts tagged:
Mental Health holidays

Understanding Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

Mental Health
Health & Wellness
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is an anxiety disorder characterized by recurrent, unwanted thoughts (obsessions) and/or repetitive behaviors (compulsions). For individuals ...
View all posts tagged:
Mental Health

How to Support Someone Experiencing Loss

Family Matters
Health & Wellness
Loss is something most—if not all—people will experience in their lives, and it doesn’t come with a simple set ...
View all posts tagged:
Loss Family Matters Mental Health

Understanding PTSD and its impact

Mental Health
Health & Wellness
Experiencing trauma in life is not rare. About six out of ten men and five out of ten women ...
View all posts tagged:
Military Services Mental Health trauma

Self-Care Tips for Women

Mental Health
Health & Wellness
Women often feel immense pressure to manage their own lives while helping others around them. As daughters, sisters, friends, ...
View all posts tagged:
Mental Health Physical Health tips and life hacks

Call Now

Skip to content
photo of
Centerstone
helpnow@centerstone.org
44 Vantage Way
Nashville, TN, 37228 United States
877-467-3123