Stark County Mental Health and Addiction Recovery

Health Matters with the Medicine Center Pharmacy. I’m your pharmacist, Paul White. We’re glad you joined us. Before we begin, I’d like to thank our sponsors, Aultman Health Systems, Studio Arts & Glass, and Jenior Appraisals and Liquidations.

Today, Brad White and I are broadcasting from our administrative offices and our guests are Elena Aslanides (As-lan-EE-deez)-Kandis, Suicide, and Community Response Coordinator, and Justina Gorman, Coalition & Community Development Coordinator, both with Stark County Mental Health and Addiction Recovery Board.

Mental Health Awareness Month has been observed in the U.S. since 1949. Every year during the month of May our goal is to raise awareness about mental health. It’s an opportunity for all of us to come together and remember the inherent value we each hold — no matter our diagnosis, appearance, socioeconomic status, background, or ability. We want every person out there to know that if all you did was wake up today, that’s more than enough. No matter what, you are inherently worthy of more than enough life, love, and healing. Showing up, just as you are, for yourself and the people around you is more than enough.

we are happy to share this time with Elena and Justina from Stark County Mental Health and Addiction Recovery, a multi-faceted county behavioral health board comprised of expert professionals, dedicated volunteers, and concerned community leaders.  Stark County Mental Health & Addiction Recovery believes in hope, wellness, and recovery for everyone.

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Tune in to learn more about how to Raise Mental Health Awareness:

• What is the “Safe Home” program?

• What’s another key component of the Safe Home concept?

• What about the warning signs for suicide?

• How can we talk to our children and help them to be aware of Suicide?

• What do mean by substances?

• How can we do helping to prevent suicide by paying attention to things in our homes.?

• What do mean by Letha?

• How do define “TIME” and “DISTANCE”?

• Are firearms responsible for a large number of suicides?

• In terms of the Safe Home concept, what are the safest ways to store a gun?

• How do we identify when someone’s going through something?

• Sports Betting is newly legal in Ohio. Is that a new concern?

Thank you to our guests, Elena Aslanides (As-lan-EE-deez)-Kandis, Suicide and Community Response Coordinator and Justina Gorman, Coalition & Community Development Coordinator, both with Stark County Mental Health and Addiction Recovery Board. We would like to remind our listeners, if you suspect you have a medical issue, please contact your health care provider. Thanks to our sponsors Aultman Health Systems, Studio Arts & Glass, and Jenior Appraisals and LIquidations. As always, we thank our listeners for joining us on Health Matters with the Medicine Center Pharmacy.

Have a healthy week and we’ll see you again next Friday right here on News Talk 1480 WHBC.

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Health Matters is a weekly radio show sponsored by the Medicine Center Pharmacy on WHBC 1480 AM in Canton, Ohio. This episode pharmacists Brad White and Paul White discuss social media's impact on mental health with Leslie Korns, Licensed Social Worker and Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor and Sarah Garbrandt, Licensed Professional Counselor and Licensed Independent Clinical Dependency Counselor both with Chrysalis Counseling Center.

Join us on this program to learn answers to these questions:

1. When it comes to screen time and social media time, how much time is too much?

2. Is it even possible to limit social media time that much with our kids?

3. Why would a person feel more isolated or alone when they are communicating with someone online?

4. How does one monitor the appropriateness of all the things that their kids look at?

5. How does being on social media promote anxiety or depression?

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Thanks for listening today! We’d like to remind our listeners, if you suspect you have a medical issue, please contact your healthcare provider. Thanks to our sponsors Cleveland Clinic Mercy Hospital, Studio Arts & Glass. As always, we thank our listeners for joining us on Health Matters with the Medicine Center Pharmacy. Have a healthy week and we’ll see you again next Friday right here on News Talk 1480 WHBC.

Christopher Fogarty, MSN, APRN, PMHNP-BC, psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner for Mercy Medical Center will be on News-Talk 1480 WHBC'’s Health Matters radio program this Friday (July 31).

Christopher will discuss the stigma attached to mental health issues and will give listeners advice on ways to cope with the anxiety and stress brought on by COVID-19.

YOU ARE NOT ALONE.  These are powerful words.  It’s important to measure how common mental illness is, so we can understand its physical, social and financial impact — and so we can show that no one is alone.

1 in 5 U.S. adults experience mental illness each year
1 in 25 U.S. adults experience serious mental illness each year
1 in 6 U.S. youth aged 6-17 experience a mental health disorder each year
Suicide is the 2nd leading cause of death among people aged 10-34

Most people who experience mental health problems recover fully, or can live with and manage them, especially if they get help early on.

But even though so many people are affected, there is a strong social stigma attached to mental ill health, and people with mental health problems can experience discrimination in all aspects of their lives.

In this podcast we will talk with Chris about mental health initiatives in our community and reducing the stigma attached to mental health conditions.

This episode is sponsored by Mercy Medical Center and Studio Arts and Glass.

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Most people who experience mental health problems recover fully, or can live with and manage them, especially if they get help early on.

But even though so many people are affected, there is a strong social stigma attached to mental ill health, and people with mental health problems can experience discrimination in all aspects of their lives.

We will talk with Chris Fogarty, Psychiatric and Mental Health Nurse Practitioner at Mercy Medical Center about mental health initiatives in our community and reducing the stigma attached to mental health conditions.

YOU ARE NOT ALONE.  These are powerful words.  It’s important to measure how common mental illness is, so we can understand its physical, social and financial impact — and so we can show that no one is alone.

1 in 5 U.S. adults experience mental illness each year
1 in 25 U.S. adults experience serious mental illness each year
1 in 6 U.S. youth aged 6-17 experience a mental health disorder each year
Suicide is the 2nd leading cause of death among people aged 10-34

Community Resources:

Mental Health First Aid Training

Mercy Medical Center Plain Chris Fogarty Psychiatric and Mental Health Nurse Practitioner