BOZEMAN EDITION
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April/May 2015
Community Mental Health IN THIS ISSUE Page 3 for a Healthy Community MINELAB: OpeningEarth's New Frontiers for Treasures Celebrating Mental Health Month
By Patti Albrecht, Owner of Earth’s Treasures
By Jessica Bayramian Byerly Initiated in 1949 to inform Americans about mental illness, Mental Health Month provides an annual platform for education, enlightenment and acceptance, while reminding those impacted by mental illness to recommit to advocacy, reform and recovery. Mental Health Month also provides an excellent opportunity to reflect on one’s own mental health and on the policies and politics that impact our community and country.
A pandemic of epic proportions, mental illness strikes worldwide regardless of age, gender, race and ethnicity. The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization, reports that mental illness impacts the lives of at least one in five adults, or 43.7 million people. And of that 43.7, 13.6 million live with a serious mental illness such as schizophrenia, major depression or bipolar disorder, which costs America $193.2 billion in lost earnings annually. The 10th leading cause of death in the U.S. – more common than homicide – and the second leading cause of death for people aged 15 to 24, suicide claims the lives of an estimated 18 to 22 of our nation’s veterans each day. Since the deinstitutionalization of mental health services in the 1950s – and subsequent passage of the Community Mental Health Centers Act in 1963
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Since long ago, mankind has had the desire to find treasure. In the past, this required maps, legends or a whole lot of digging and hoping to find something. Today, metal detectors give us the unique opportunity to glimpse beneath the surface of the ground without breaking a sweat. Since the value of treasurehealth is in the eye of the beholder, community-based mental treatment hasit is personal preference that will dictate whether treasure hunters search for coins/relics nuggets and, as a replaced institutionalized care andor gold vastly result, which brand of metal detector will best fulfill improved the quality of life for those those needs.
struggling with Achronic mental illness. Since great brand option, Minelab was founded in 1985 continues to set newMental standards inHealth innovation its inception in and 2002, Gallatin and to increase detectorists success rate in the field. Center (GMHC), Gallatin Valley’s ownwere In the not so distant past, metal detectors purchased, used a few times and then assigned to community-based treatment facility, a lonely shelf in the garage. “Too heavy” or “too complicated” were often the reasons given to stop has provided exceptional outpatient detecting. services, crisis care and peer In April 2015, Minelab is launching a new, affordable line of metal detectors: The Gosupport With a marked Findprograms. series. These new detectors are a true turn-on-and-go metal detector. In addition to a host in of other benefits, the the Go-Find series are: Gallatin Veterinary growth need over past decade has come an increase in • Collapsible – No assembly required. These full-size metal detectors fold neatly to a compact 22 inches, easily fitting into a small the breadth and scope backpack, gym bag or suitcase. of GMHC’s mission. • Lightweight – They weigh just over two pounds. The comprehensive • Waterproof (coil) – The waterproof coil is submersible up to behavioral health two feet under water. Opens up detecting on the beach, in the rain, orprogramming in creeks or rivers. now • Smartphone Bluetooth integrated – A free app helps identify coins, includes vocational view detector information and even play music. services, a peerMinelab has become known for producing top-end gold machines. If someone wants to run drop-in center, find gold nuggets with a metal detector, a Minelab detector is often the one finding the most gold. These detectors are designed and tested in highly mineralized soil, similar supported to the soil conditions of Montana’s gold fields. In February 2015, Minelab launched housing, its newest gold metal detector: the GPZ 7000. This machine can detect gold up to
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comprehensive school and community treatment (CSCT), jail diversion and children’s services in addition to the traditional outpatient therapy, psychiatric, case management and crisis stabilization services GMHC has always provided. And, they provide all of this care to a community that is not always able to pay. In the past year, GMHC provided over $429,000 in charity care. And the Center averages those numbers every single year.
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In recognition of Mental Health Month this May, GMHC is providing several free educational opportunities to which the (continued on page 2)
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