(440) 285-2282
If you or someone you know is having a mental health or substance abuse emergency call:
GCBMHRS Board meetings are typically held on the third Wednesday of each month. For more information, contact the Board office at 440-285-2282.
JANUARY MEETING DATES:
Planning and Policies Committee Meeting (Video/Teleconference)
January TBD
Board Meeting (Video/Teleconference)
Wednesday January 20, 2021 at 6:00 pm
Please contact the Board office for details on how to participate.
This season, we are challenging ourselves and our community to check in with FIVE people every day. Why? Because social connectedness is critical to good overall health—physical and mental!
If you believe someone is experiencing a crisis or contemplating suicide, call 9-1-1 or contact Geauga COPELINE at 440-285-5665.
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Any person may need help in coping with a stressful situation. Reach out by text to communicate with someone trained to listen and respond in a method that is private, secure and confidential.
Text the keyword 4hope to 741 741 and expect a reply from a trained Crisis Counselor within five minutes. Your message is confidential, anonymous and secure.
ONE TEENAGER’S TRAGIC HIDDEN SECRET
Source: CBS Sunday Morning
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKzhMR_hkC8
High school junior Alexandra Valoras, a straight-A student, class officer and robotics whiz, nonetheless felt she wasn’t ever good enough; hiding her despair behind a sunny disposition to the outside world, she ended her life before her 18th birthday. Jim Axelrod talks with the young woman’s parents, friends and teachers about the signs that were missed; the private journals in which the girl wrote down strikingly uncharacteristic words of pain; and how Alexandra’s mom and dad are bringing a message of awareness to other students. [If you are in crisis: Please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255), or contact the Crisis Text Line by texting TALK to 741741.]
