Month: April 2020

Apr 11, 2020 By Palak Barmaiya Our Quad Cities https://www.ourquadcities.com/news/local-news/illinois-launches-remote-patient-monitoring-program-and-mental-health-support-line/ Illinois Gov. Pritzker announced the launch of Remote Patient Monitoring Program on Saturday for those impacted by COVID-19. The goal of … Read more

Apr 11, 2020 By Ken DeCoster Rockford Register Star https://www.rrstar.com/news/20200411/pritzker-announces-call-for-calm-mental-health-hotline The Illinois Department of Public Health on Saturday reported 81 additional deaths statewide related to COVID-19, the potentially fatal respiratory … Read more

Mar 31, 2020 By Lynne S. Gots, Ph.D. NAMI https://www.nami.org/Blogs/NAMI-Blog/March-2020/How-to-Protect-Your-Mental-Health-during-the-Coronavirus-Outbreak The coronavirus outbreak, and the social-distancing measures now in place to prevent its spread, have turned all our lives upside … Read more

4/8/2020 NAMI https://www.nami.org/About-NAMI/NAMI-News/2020/NAMI-Calls-on-Congress-to-Respond-to-the-Mental-Health-and-Addiction-Crisis-Caused-By-the-COVID-19-P Today, NAMI joined more than a dozen of the nation’s leading mental health organizations in calling for specific additions to the next stimulus package to address the … Read more