Thursday, September 8, 2011
National Suicide Prevention Week is recognized Sept. 4-10.
Depression continues to have a stigma that often keeps those in need from realizing help is available or ashamed to seek assistance. Every 15 minutes, someone dies by suicide. The most recent numbers show that in 2007, it was the 11th leading cause of death in the United States. The week of Sept. 4-10 is Suicide Prevention Week. Parents from several Indian Prairie School District 204 schools may have received an email highlighting some of the risk factors and warning signs. Suicide takes the lives of teens and adults, men and women, of all races and cultures, with roughly 1 million people dying worldwide every year from suicide, according to the American Association of Suicidology. Suicide rates among youths, ages 15 through 24, have …
Friday, April 15, 2011
Spending too much time online can mean missing out on necessary social interactions.
Social media, video games and texting have given kids other ways to connect with friends. Yet those same tools also can keep kids, particularly boys, from interacting socially with others, according to some local experts. With the use of social media so prevalent, there is a growing trend among boys having problems learning the social and communication skills that are needed to build friendships and interact appropriately with other people. “Girls are more emotional and will say someone doesn’t like me,” said Debra Catanese, a licensed clinical social worker at Naperville Clinical Services. “While boys tend to keep it in. "They are supposed to be strong and not let their feelings out. They are still having issues with their peer groups … …
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Thursday, January 27, 2011
Two local psychologists have formed a weekly support group intended to help women suffering from postpartum depression feel more "normal."
Mary Plonis remembers the debilitating loneliness she felt after having her last child nine years ago. But Plonis wants women suffering today from what she did—postpartum depression—to know they are not alone. "No one understands," said the 43-year-old Naperville resident, who is a clinical psychologist at Naperville Clinical Services. "… Support is the key. That's my one piece of advice. Find someone who can help validate that this is real." Plonis and her colleague, Pamela Dockstader-Ortiz, 41, of Minooka, recently formed a support group to help women battle postpartum depression. The casual cluster of women, ranging from two to 10 participants, began meeting once a week earlier this month. The women pay a minimal per-session fee and are…
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Bonnie Reiss
10:20 am on Thursday, January 27, 2011
I think it is wonderful that these two professionals are offering something that is so needed. I was hopeful that services would begin to evolve to prevent and deal with postpartum, but they didn't. Kudos to these psychologists :-) more ›