Empowerment Magazine W I N T E R 2 0 11 Inside this issue: Top Three Ways to Promote Wellness
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Finding Happiness and Contentment during the Holidays Q & A on Co-Occurring Disorders
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Reaching Across Stockton
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How to Pick a Counselor or Therapist
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We Advocate For You!
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New Direction
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Sacramento Launches Mental Health Promotion Project to Reduce Stigma and Discrimination
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Managing Seasonal Affective Disorder
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Interview with Dianne Ross, RN, Founder and CEO of AHMI
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What You Can Do To Speed Up Your Disability Application
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Minestrone Soup and Mary Jo’s Revised French Chocolate Cake
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Resource Page
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Special Thanks to Marilyn Washington
Gail Erlandson, MA
Hisham Soliman, MD,MPH
Terry Zick, M.A.
Thomas Hushen
Melanie Martinez
Rosario M. Ramirez, (Social Security Administration)
Anne Adams
Tammy Dyer. M.S.W.
Cynthia Wakefield
Chelsea Bagias, Psy.D.
Ron Risley, M.D.
The Infinite Life Project
Cindy Tuttle
C.O.R.E. Medical Clinic Inc.
Chris Woodyard
Dianne Ross, RN
David Kiesz
Office of Patients' Rights
Mary Jo
Sacramento County Division of Behavioral Health Services (DBHS)
Phommasone Griffith
Randall Stenson M.D.
Pat Hubbert
Eric Zuniga
Kunde Kyubwa
Kim Navarez, M.F.T.I
Barbara N. Dawson
Teens for Teens by Teens
We continue to thank the Wellness Recovery Center North (WRC) for allowing us to use the facility!