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Comfort Zone Camp Helps Kids Grieve, Heal and Grow
Posted by Alison T. Brill, MPH, Community Suicide Prevention Coordinator at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. For over 13 years, Comfort Zone Camp has helped thousands of young people...
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It Takes a Village: Addressing Trauma & Resiliency in Multicultural Communities
Posted by Alison T. Brill, MPH, Community Suicide Prevention Coordinator at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health On December 6th, 2012, in Lowell, MA, over 200 people gathered to learn,...
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Using Wait Time to Balance, Focus and Energize
Posted by Alison T. Brill, MPH, Community Suicide Prevention Coordinator at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health We spend much of our time waiting – waiting for the train, sitting in traffic,...
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Soak up the Music to Nourish Your Mind, Body, & Soul
Guest Post by Kevin Myers, MSPH, Suicide Prevention Program at DPH Massachusetts native physician and poet Oliver Wendell Holmes once recommended, “Take a music bath once or twice a week for a few...
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September is National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
As with so many other forms of cancer, the key to successful treatment of ovarian cancer lies in early detection. That’s why the Department of Public Health joined with Senate President Therese Murray...
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National Wear Red Day is Tomorrow!
Break out your red to support heart disease awareness. Heart disease kills more women than all forms of cancer combined. Join the fight to bring attention to this “silent killer” of women by Wearing...
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HOW ‘BOUT THEM APPLES?
This is a rough time of year for someone like me, as I try desperately to hold onto summer for as long as possible. I bristle at each and every reference to Labor Day, which now apparently serves as...
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