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Share Your Story and Get $100.00!

Submitted by Editorial Team
on Wed, 02/29/2012 - 20:29

Maine Parent Federation (MPF) is looking for parents of children with a behavioral health diagnosis and youth who have a diagnosis and would like to share information about their life experiences. Up to five contributors will be selected. There is a brief application that needs to be submitted (see link below). Individuals selected from the pool of applicants will receive a $100.00 stipend.

Contributors will post to the Parent Perspectives section of MPF's online community Starting POINTS for Maine (www.startingpointsforme.org) and can write about any behavioral health topic that they have

TransitionME 2012 Conference: Raising Aspirations

Submitted by Editorial Team
on Fri, 02/17/2012 - 15:01

 

May 24, 2012
University of Maine, Orono
Wells Common
8:00 – 3:30
 
Look for conference information and online registration at
 

Transition ME 2012 Registration Form & Workshop Descriptions

 
For more information, contact:
Penny Steeves, Maine Parent Federation
1-800-870-7746 (Statewide) or psteeves@mpf.org

HEART HEALTHY MONTH: Taking Care of your Heart While Living with Mental Illness

Submitted by Editorial Team
on Tue, 02/07/2012 - 14:13

 

For those of us who live with a mental illness, it has been shown that our lifespan is shortened on the average by 25 years. One of the biggest reasons that we die so young is due to cardiovascular disease. Cardiovascular disease is any disease that involves the heart and the blood vessels. Some of the diseases that are included in cardiovascular disease are high blood pressure (hypertension), high blood cholesterol (dyslipidemia), coronary heart disease. Stroke and peripheral artery disease (PAD). More people with mental illness die from cardiovascular disease than from suicide each year.

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