As a Northwest Indiana behavioral health provider, Edgewater Health professionals want patients, especially teenagers, throughout the region to talk about mental health. A new art competition from the provider helps break that stigma, said LaTanya Woodson, director of community health education for Edgewater Health. “We need to start having more transparent conversations with our youth, particularly our teens,” Woodson said. “Speak out, reach out and shatter the silence that’s associated with mental health.” Edgewater Health is hosting an art competition called, “Speak Up. Reach Out. Shatter the Silence.” The competition is open for Indiana teenage residents enrolled in a Lake […]
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Chicagoans of the Year in the Arts: All our names for 2024
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