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Month: December 2012

Continuing the Discussion about Mental Health

Continuing the Discussion about Mental Health

Over the past few days, there has been increased discussion about mental health in our country after the shooting at Sandy Hook.  Dr. Tim Kearney, our Chief Behavioral Health Officer, has provided talking points about the recent school shooting in Sandy Hook for children and adults.  The talking points for children are also available in Spanish and Portuguese. Yet this is part of a much larger discussion in our country about mental health.  The day of the shooting, Liza Long…

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Nurse Practitioner in Residency Profile – Amanda DeCew

Nurse Practitioner in Residency Profile – Amanda DeCew

Meet Amanda DeCew, a Nurse Practitioner in Residency at CHC, Inc.! – Can you tell us a bit about your educational background? I graduated in 2001 with a B.A. in International Relations from Boston University and a joint Masters in Nursing and Masters in Public Health (MSN/MPH) from Yale University in 2012. Before going to nursing school, I was a Peace Corps Volunteer and a teacher. – What about joining CHC most excites you? CHC believes in putting research into practice. From…

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Talking with children about the recent school shooting in Sandy Hook

Talking with children about the recent school shooting in Sandy Hook

Many people have been telling us that they have found the talking points that Dr. Tim Kearney, Chief Behavioral Health Officer, Community Health Centers, Inc. produced very helpful and have asked for a ready to print version and versions in Spanish and Portuguese. We have had them translated and are making them available to anyone who finds them useful. Talking with children about the recent school shooting in Sandy Hook (English) Cómo hablar con los niños sobre el reciente tiroteo en la…

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Talking to Adults About the Sandy Hook Shootings: Ways to Help

Talking to Adults About the Sandy Hook Shootings: Ways to Help

On Friday,  Dr. Tim Kearney, Chief Behavioral Health Officer, Community Health Centers, Inc. shared information about Talking with children about the recent school shooting in Sandy Hook.  Today, we are sharing information from Dr. Kearney about talking with adults.  The primary audience for this is for clinical staff at CHC, however, it is an important resource we want to share with the wider public. In the coming days, the impact of the recent shootings will be felt in nearly every conversation.  We…

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Look for the helpers

Look for the helpers

Saturday morning, a week and a half before Christmas.  It will be a busy weekend.  Today, I am supposed to go to see Santa at our local fire station, go to a family holiday party, and go to a party celebrating a friends election.  Tomorrow, I am supposed to go to Church, go to a memorial for my mother who died during Hurricane Sandy, and host a radio show with my daughter.  Yet as Social Media Manager for CHC, I…

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Talking with children about the recent school shooting in Sandy Hook 12/14/12

Talking with children about the recent school shooting in Sandy Hook 12/14/12

The following is a message from Dr. Tim Kearney, Chief Behavioral Health Officer, Community Health Centers, Inc. All of us as parents and those who work with children wish that we could protect them from the knowledge of the tragedies that occur in the world around them and from the impact that this knowledge has on them. Unfortunately we cannot; especially in this age of constant news feeds and social media.  We must therefore help them to develop the skills to…

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