Treatment Works; People Recover

A serious mental health or substance abuse problem can destroy dreams and hopes. Recovery is possible with services through the Mental Health & Recovery Board of Portage County. Each year thousands residents of Portage County, Ohio, benefit from the Mental Health & Recovery Board system of care. The Board and its network of agencies help:

 

  • Abused and troubled children
  • Teens at risk for suicide and substance abuse
  • Families with emotional and alcohol/drug problems
  • Veterans and enlisted men and women and their families
  • Adults, teens and children with serious mental illnesses and addictions
  • Older adults at risk for suicide, depression
  • Portage communities needing 24-hour crisis services

 

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Weekly News Highlight

Members of the Portage County Suicide Prevention Coalition presented a training on suicide prevention to the Portage County Safety Council at its February meeting. There for the session were from left in the front row, presenter Iris Angle of the Suicide Prevention Coalition; Bonnie Wilson, manager of the Portage County Safety Council; back row from left, presenter Paul Dages of the Suicide Prevention Council and Townhall II’s Helpline; council member Steve Snowberger of East End Welding in Brimfield; council member Patric McCon, CSP, CFPS, CHMM, of Zurich Services Corp. in Mantua; presenter Joel Mowrey, Ph.D., of the Mental Health & Recovery Board of Portage County and a member of the Suicide Prevention Coalition.

Save a life in the workplace; know the risk factors for suicide


The Portage County Safety Council, a local forum for workplace safety, heard a presentation at its February meeting on suicide prevention...

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