Joe Pantoliano is a beloved actor who set out more than a decade ago to change the way people think and talk about mental health. Known for his Emmy Award-winning role in The Sopranos and films such as The Matrix, Bad Boys, Memento, and The Goonies—to name a few—Pantoliano was diagnosed with clinical depression in … Continued
Mental Illness Awareness Week activities kicked off Monday, Oct. 3, with the annual Rally for Mental Health Care in downtown Rockford. The rally took place outside the Winnebago County Justice Center and attracted dozens of supporters with signs that carried such messages as “Stop Stigma” and “Break the Silence.” NAMI Northern Illinois organized the rally … Continued
by Dan DeGryse, Director of the Rosecrance Florian Program 7 In 18 Seven suicides within an eighteen month period by active or retired members of the Chicago Fire Department (CFD), a very distressing and alarming statistic! In the Chicago Firefighters Union (CFFU) Local 2 Employee Assistance Program (EAP), we were quite taken back by … Continued
The new Rosecrance Florian Program offers the best opportunity for lasting recovery by incorporating occupational factors into the treatment process. The program is housed in a designated, eight-bed coed unit at the Rosecrance Harrison Campus, a modern 97-bed adult facility in Rockford, Illinois, that offers a full continuum of inpatient and outpatient services. Florian, named for … Continued
Fridh brings clinical and administrative experience to position ROCKFORD – Anne Fridh, PsyD., has been named Administrator of the Rosecrance Ware Center, a role to which she brings more than two decades of experience and leadership in behavioral healthcare. In her new position, she will oversee adult mental health operations, including triage emergency services and … Continued
ROCKFORD – Two Rosecrance staff members are among the first people in northern Illinois to be trained as instructors for a groundbreaking national initiative called Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) USA. The program is designed to educate the public about how to identify, understand and appropriately respond to people in crisis for mental health and … Continued
Today on its website, WIFR-23 reports that the United Way of Rock River Valley will invest $2.7 million in the Rock River Valley, most of it in grants to community programs that “strengthen the education, income and health of communities in Winnebago and Ogle counties.” Included among those programs is the Triage Center at the Rosecrance … Continued
In Sunday’s Rockford Register Star, reporter Melissa Westphal wrote about the success of the triage center at the Rosecrance Ware Center. The triage center opened in Oct. 2012 to help provide mental health services in the wake of the closing of Singer Mental Health Center: ROCKFORD — People experiencing psychiatric crises are avoiding unnecessary hospital … Continued
The August edition of the Rosecrance electronic newsletter has published. This month, we’re highlighting Rosecrance Experiential Therapies Department Supervisor Christine Nicholson, who has been invited to speak about the Rosecrance Healing Garden at the 2012 North American Japanese Garden Association national conference in Denver. The Healing Garden at the 50-acre Rosecrance Griffin Williamson Campus was … Continued
Cadmus will be considered for top national social worker title Download this news release as a PDF ROCKFORD – Rosecrance clinician Lynn Cadmus has been named Social Worker of the Year by the Illinois chapter of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW). “I was surprised and amazed that I would be given that honor … Continued