The Mental Health America of Licking County (MHA) celebrated its 65th Annual Meeting and Dinner on Thursday, Nov. 8 at The DoubleTree by Hilton in downtown Newark with MHA’s Board of Trustees, staff, consumers and friends of MHA. Doable Fitness Goals That Are…
The Advocate has awarded three grants to Licking County organizations aimed at helping local children prosper. The grants will hopefully help kids grow physically, mentally and socially, said Editor Benjamin Lanka. "There is nothing more important we can do as…
The new school year is upon us! Remember the drama of school and how hard it could be? And that was before the internet! Raising a child today is hard, it doesn’t come with a manual and often, we feel…
Christin Peña is the Youth Self Advocacy Coordinator and YES Club Activities Coordinator. She has worked in many areas of the healthcare industry for more than 12 years. She began her career with the Department of Aging, helping patients with…
In the week before the June 10 Tony Awards, which celebrated excellence in Broadway theater, our world lost two well-known people, Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain, to suicide. Both were public figures, each a shining star in their respective worlds…
Do you focus on fitness #4Mind4Body? Mental health is essential to everyone’s overall health and well-being, and mental illnesses are common and treatable. Remember, our heads are attached to our bodies and so much of what we do physically impacts…
The video shows a stark black background and a black table covered with hundreds of brilliantly clear, lopsided hand blown glass vessels. There is abject silence – is something wrong with the sound? Then the sound of dripping water begins and grows…
Do you focus on fitness #4Mind4Body? Mental health is essential to everyone’s overall health and well-being, and mental illnesses are common and treatable. Remember, our heads are attached to our bodies and so much of what we do physically impacts…
How many of you have read about Cleveland Cavaliers basketball player Kevin Love in the past month? I’d like to give a shout out to him for publicly speaking up about his recent experiences with panic attacks and anxiety for…
The past few weeks have been full of disturbing events close to our home in Licking County. As I’ve mentioned in past articles, MHA facilitates our Local Outreach to Suicide Survivors (LOSS) Team and we have been much too busy…
