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Antidepressant use soars in U.S., new study says According to an article published in the Chicago Red Eye on October 20th, more than one in 10 Americans over the age of 12 takes an antidepressant, a class of drugs that has

MHAGC Volunteers

If you would like to volunteer to help at MHAGC, please contact Tiffany Thomas at 312-781-7780. Thank you!

Our Volunteers

Thank you for your support!

Planning Council

Michael Cimarusti

Michelle Das

John Flood

Bob Kauffman

Joan M. Steltmann

Michael Stuart

Curriculum Design Committee

Dr. Jay Einhorn

Bob Kauffman, L.C.S.W.

Dr. Kenneth Millar

Michael Losoff, Ph. D.

Dr. Angela Tagaris

Dr. Glen J. Veed

Program Facilitators

Vonne Skannal

Minnah Farook

George Grabowski, Office Manager

April Stachelski, Research/Program Facilitator

Chelsea Sullivan, Events Mgr

Matt Planchak, Website Editor

Mayola Miranda, Website

Dan Roe, Technical

Leah Barrick, Coat Drive

Quetzalli Castro, Intern

Reetu Davis, Intern

Melanie Kroner, Intern

Our Staff

Program Managers

Tiffany F. Thomas

Suicide Hotline

Youth Suicide Awareness in Chicago Schools

On June 26 2010, Governor Pat Quinn signed the Jason Flatt Act into law. Educators of grades 7-12 are now required to receive two hours of training in youth suicide awareness and prevention to be certified to teach in the state of Illinois.

We provide suicide awareness and prevention workshops for teachers (two CPDU's).

For more information please call 312-781-7780.

"Mental illness is nothing to be ashamed of, but stigma and bias shame us all" -- Bill Clinton

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*The information on this website is provided for general reference purposes. It does not constitute medical or other professional advice and should not be used as a substitute for the medical care and advice of a qualified psychiatrist, psychologist or other physician. Only a qualified, licensed physician can determine the individual treatment that is appropriate for your particular circumstances. All decisions about clinical care should be made in consultation with a physician. Reference to any treatment or therapy option or to any program, service, or treatment provider is not an endorsement by MHAGC of the treatment of the therapy option, program, service or provider referenced. Further, references to treatment or therapy options, programs, services or providers are not intended to be comprehensive statements of available options, programs, services or providers. You should investigate alternatives that may be more appropriate for a specific individual. Inclusion of information on this website does not constitute an endorsement of views, persons, methodologies or products. The health care providers whose information is available on the MHAGC website are not necessarily the agents or employees of The Mental Health Association of Greater Chicago. In consideration for use of this website, MHAGC or any other party involved in producing or delivering this website will not be liable to you for any action or non-action that you take in reliance upon the information provided on the MHAGC website. Although our Web site includes links providing direct access to other Internet sites, The Mental Health Association takes no responsibility for the content or information contained on those other sites, and does not exert any editorial or other control over those other sites. We hope that you visit the MHAGC website again for any future referrals.

The MHAGC referral and resource list is not an all-inclusive list and is subject to change. Each day our team will be adding new resources and building to our website. If you have trouble finding a referral within your area, we encourage you to call (312) 781-7780 for more information.