If you have a loved one who is misusing substances or struggling with addiction, odds are your life is feeling very out-of-balance as well. As family and friends of someone with a Substance Use Disorder, we often feel it is our responsibility to save or rescue our loved one. We do everything we … [Read more...] about How to Cope with a Loved One’s Substance Use
Hope for the Holidays
We know the holidays can be especially difficult. Please join GKMHC partner, SASS MoKan, for an afternoon designed to help families during the holiday season. Becky Franklin is our featured speaker. Her topic is going to be Grief During the Holidays: Pursuing Hope and Meaning on the Healing … [Read more...] about Hope for the Holidays
An Intern’s Perspective on Mental Health
This post was written by Hannah Silverman, a student at the University of Kansas who participated in the Leadership Tomorrow intership program through the Jewish Federation of Greater Kansas City. She partnered with the Greater Kansas City Mental Health Coalition, where she primarily worked on the … [Read more...] about An Intern’s Perspective on Mental Health
You Be You Campaign
You Be You is a teen mental health campaign that was developed by Bernstein-Rein Advertising (www.b-r.com) in collaboration with the Greater Kansas City Mental Health Coalition (www.itsok.us), Jewish Family Services (www.jfskc.org), and SPEAK UP, (www.speakup.us), a group formed by two families who … [Read more...] about You Be You Campaign