Take a walk along Stockton Boulevard.
Head south from U Street, and on the right you ll pass 2250 Stockton Blvd: the
Sacramento County Mental Health Treatment Center (affectionately known as SCMHTC).
Keep heading south, past the
Coca Cola bottling plant, and you ll reach the UC Davis Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science....
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Take a walk along Stockton Boulevard. Head south from U Street, and on the right you ll pass 2250 Stockton Blvd: the Sacramento County Mental Health Treatment Center (affectionately known as SCMHTC). Keep heading south, past the Coca Cola bottling plant, and you ll reach the UC Davis Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science. It s an attractive but low-key building, also on the west side, nestled between a telephone company switching station and a La Bou fast food restaurant. Now look east across Stockton and behold the monument to modern medicine that is the University of California, Davis Medical Center. The sprawling campus has it all: lush lawns, a rose garden, hospital towers, clinic buildings, parking structures, water fountains, the emergency room. Gurneys, elevators, operating rooms, MRIs. There s radiology, burn management, and surgery for everything from your eyes to your toenails. There s internal medicine and family practice. You can get care for you liver, k
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Empowerment Magazine
WINTER 2011
Top Three Ways to Promote Wellness 3
Finding Happiness and Contentment during the Holidays 4, 5
Q & A on Co-Occurring Disorders 6, 7, 20
Reaching Across Stockton 8, 9
How to Pick a Counselor or Therapist 10
We Advocate For You! 11
New Direction 12
Inside this issue:
Sacramento Launches Mental Health...
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Empowerment Magazine WINTER 2011 Top Three Ways to Promote Wellness 3 Finding Happiness and Contentment during the Holidays 4, 5 Q & A on Co-Occurring Disorders 6, 7, 20 Reaching Across Stockton 8, 9 How to Pick a Counselor or Therapist 10 We Advocate For You! 11 New Direction 12 Inside this issue: Sacramento Launches Mental Health Promotion Project to Reduce Stigma and Discrimination 14 Managing Seasonal Affective Disorder 15 Interview with Dianne Ross, RN, Founder and CEO of AHMI 16, 17 What You Can Do To Speed Up Your Disability Application 18 Minestrone Soup and Mary Jo’s Revised French Chocolate Cake 19 Resource Page 23 Marilyn Washington Terry Zick, M. A. Melanie Martinez Anne Adams Chelsea Bagias, Psy. D. Cindy Tuttle Dianne Ross, RN Office of Patients Rights Phommasone Griffith Eric Zuniga Gail Erlandson, MA Rosario M. Ramirez, (Social Security Administration) Tammy Dyer. M. S. W. Ron Risley, M. D. C. O. R. E. Medical Clinic Inc. David Kiesz Mary Jo Randall Stenson M.
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Managing Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) by Gail Erlandson, M.
A.
Does your mood change with the seasons? Does the gloomy
fog of Sacramento coincide with gloomy thoughts and low energy?
There are two types of Seasonal Affective Disorder (S.
A.
D.
) to
be aware of: fall/winter onset S.
A.
D.
and spring/summer onset
S.
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The...
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Managing Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) by Gail Erlandson, M. A. Does your mood change with the seasons? Does the gloomy fog of Sacramento coincide with gloomy thoughts and low energy? There are two types of Seasonal Affective Disorder (S. A. D. ) to be aware of: fall/winter onset S. A. D. and spring/summer onset S. A. D. The fall/winter type, sometimes known as “winter depression,” is the most common. The reduced level of sunlight in the winter can disrupt our body’s internal clock. Reduced sunlight can cause a drop in serotonin that may cause depression. The loss of light can also disrupt the balance of the natural hormone melatonin, which aids with sleep and stability of mood. Winter-onset seasonal affective disorder symptoms may include: feelings of hopelessness, social withdrawal, weight gain, oversleeping, difficulty concentrating, anxiety, and sometimes the craving of foods high in carbohydrates. It is normal to have some days when we feel the winter blues, but if we
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Beyond diabetes there are psychiatric aspects of stroke, pain,
substance abuse (particularly nicotine), asthma, heart disease,
reproductive health, gastrointestinal illness, infectious disease,
cancer, migraine.
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the list is huge.
What can be done? Asking patients to cross Stockton Boulevard
whenever they have a symptom or disease...
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Beyond diabetes there are psychiatric aspects of stroke, pain, substance abuse (particularly nicotine), asthma, heart disease, reproductive health, gastrointestinal illness, infectious disease, cancer, migraine. . . the list is huge. What can be done? Asking patients to cross Stockton Boulevard whenever they have a symptom or disease that affects both the mind and body will surely result in more than the occasional traffic accident. We need to move mental health out of the ghetto, reestablish good communication between mental health providers and the rest of the medical community, abolish insurance systems that isolate and stigmatize mental health care, and integrate mind health into medical school and residency programs (and I don t mean the oh-god-I-have-to-do-a-psych-rotation system currently in place). We have to reject the Cartesian fallacy that says that mind and body are separate: good medical care means treating the whole person. It s time to abandon the boulevard. Dr. R
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If you, or someone you know,
experiencing disrupting symptoms of mental health, please call
Adult Access Team:
at (916) 875-1055 or Children s
Access Team at (916)8759980
Sacramento Suicide Prevention
Crisis Line: (916) 368 -3111
Sacramento Mental Health Crisis
24-hour Line: (916) 732-3637
Poison Control:(800) 876 - 4766
National...
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If you, or someone you know, experiencing disrupting symptoms of mental health, please call Adult Access Team: at (916) 875-1055 or Children s Access Team at (916)8759980 Sacramento Suicide Prevention Crisis Line: (916) 368 -3111 Sacramento Mental Health Crisis 24-hour Line: (916) 732-3637 Poison Control:(800) 876 - 4766 National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 1(800) 273-TALK (8255) WEAVE Crisis Line 916 920 2952 Youth Crisis Line 1(800)339-7177 REPORT ADULT/CHILD ABUSE SACRAMENTO EMERGENCY SHELTERS Mary House Women/Children (Day Shelter) 1321 North C St. Tel (916) 446-4961 St John s (Women/Children) 4410 Power Inn Tel (916) 453-1482 Family Shelter (SAEHC) 4516 Parker Ave. 60 Day Stay-Family / Children Tel (916) 455-2160 Union Gospel Mission 400 Bannon St. Bed Sign Ups 6:30 P. M. (Men) 7 Day Max. W/ 2 Meals A Day Tel (916) 447-3268 Voa "A" Shelter (Men Only) Moon. A St. Building B Tel (916) 448-5507 Womens Refuge (SAEHC) (Single Women) Parker Ave SACRAMENTO EMERGENCY ROOM SERVICES
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We are not responsible for omissions or errors.
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Empowerment Magazine does not necessarily endorse the views, services or products advertised in this magazine. The opinions expressed in the articles are solely of the author (s). We are not responsible for omissions or errors. Reproduction in whole or in part for reasons other than personal use, is strictly prohibited without prior written permission from the author or publisher. If you have a question, please e-mail us at contact@empowermentmagazine. org Happy Holidays and Welcome to the Winter Issue of the Empowerment We welcome your feedback! If you have any questions or comments about our publications, please feel free to share them. We want to hear from you. You can also send your inspiring story, poem, artwork or photographs. To contact us, send an email to contact@empowermentmagazine. org or call us at 916 222-7541. Our mailing address is: PO Box 214864, Sacramento, CA 95821 Sincerely, 1. Follow a Healthy Lifestyle. • Don’t smoke or use addictive substances. • Limit
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Interview with Dianne Ross, RN
Founder and CEO of Araven Holistic Mind Institute (AHMI)
Interviewer: What are the percentages in terms of African-Americans being afflicted by mental illnesses being
able to receive mental health services?
Ms.
Ross: I have not been able to find any current statistics regarding how many African-Americans...
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Interview with Dianne Ross, RN Founder and CEO of Araven Holistic Mind Institute (AHMI) Interviewer: What are the percentages in terms of African-Americans being afflicted by mental illnesses being able to receive mental health services? Ms. Ross: I have not been able to find any current statistics regarding how many African-Americans there are with diagnosed mental illnesses. Suicide rates and the like exist. According to NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, the suicide rate compared between African-Americans and Caucasian teens shows that African -American suicide is more than twice as frequent as that with Caucasian teens. As a result of the lack of statistical information on mental illnesses in the African-American or Black community, Araven Holistic Mind Institute (AHMI) surveys people during all of our functions to get ethnicity, age, gender, anecdotal, diagnosed and suspected information on incidences of mental illnesses in our community. Interviewer: How did you
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Prep time 25 mins.
Cook time 45 mins.
Minestrone soup
1 ½ cups diced carrot
1 ½ cups sliced celery
1 ½ cup chopped onion
2 cloves garlic crushed
3 tablespoons Olive oil
1 (28 ounce) can of diced tomatoes, not drained
1 ½ tablespoons of Italian blend seasoning (marjoram,
thyme, rosemary, savory sage, oregano, and basil)
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Prep time 25 mins. Cook time 45 mins. Minestrone soup 1 ½ cups diced carrot 1 ½ cups sliced celery 1 ½ cup chopped onion 2 cloves garlic crushed 3 tablespoons Olive oil 1 (28 ounce) can of diced tomatoes, not drained 1 ½ tablespoons of Italian blend seasoning (marjoram, thyme, rosemary, savory sage, oregano, and basil) 3 teaspoons kosher salt 2 teaspoons of seasoned black pepper 3 (14 ounce) cans of beef broth or 1 ½ (32 ounce) stock ½ pound of ground turkey brown 1 (15 ounce) can of navy beans rinsed & drained 1 (15 ounce) can of red kidney beans rinsed & drained 1 cup of uncooked elbow macaroni ½ cup of chopped fresh parsley or fresh basil Freshly grated parmesan cheese (optional) Sauté ground turkey with 1 tablespoon of olive oil, season with 1 teaspoon of kosher salt and 1 teaspoon of seasoned black pepper until crumble and brown drain and set aside. Sauté first 4 ingredients in Dutch oven over medium-high heat 10-15 minutes, stirring occasionally, until vegetables are crisp ten
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