1. Empowerment Magazine
W I N T E R 2 0 11
Inside this issue:
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
Sacramento Launches Mental Health Promotion Project to Reduce Stigma and 14
Discrimination
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
Special Thanks to
Marilyn Washington Gail Erlandson, MA Hisham Soliman, MD,MPH
Terry Zick, M.A. Rosario M. Ramirez, (Social Security Thomas Hushen
Melanie Martinez Administration) Barbara N. Dawson
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 Sacramento County Division of Behavioral
Mary Jo Health Services (DBHS)
Office of Patients' Rights
Randall Stenson M.D. Pat Hubbert
Phommasone Griffith
Kunde Kyubwa Kim Navarez, M.F.T.I
Eric Zuniga
Teens for Teens by Teens
We continue to thank the Wellness Recovery Center North (WRC) for allowing us to use the facility!