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    March 17, 2019
    Counselor MaKenzie Johnson stands among passing students in Hermantown High School on Friday. The recommended ratio of counselors to students is 1-to-250. Minnesota currently averages one counselor for every 659 students. Tyler Schank / Forum News Service
    ‘The support they deserve’: Seeking solutions for Minnesota's school counselor shortage
    HERMANTOWN, Minn. — MaKenzie Johnson was standing in the hallways of Hermantown High School on Friday when a student came up to her with a...
    news/educationMarch 17, 2019 - 7:12am
    March 10, 2019
    Kelly Brevig
    KELLY BREVIG COLUMN: You have permission to care for yourself
    Crisp, clean snow. Paw prints coupled with the zigzags of snowshoers gone before. Silence, just the faint sound of a pounding heartbeat. Every...
    opinion/columnsMarch 10, 2019 - 9:20am
    February 21, 2019
    Shawn Campbell, left, and Miriam White play a card game at “Make it OK: Talking About Mental Illness,” on Wednesday at BSU’s American Indian Resource Center. (Jillian Gandsey | Bemidji Pioneer)
    ‘Make It OK’: Mental health initiative aims to reduce stigma
    BEMIDJI -- There were six card games underway in the room and each was being played with a different set of rules. But only one person in the...
    newsFebruary 21, 2019 - 3:16pm
    February 10, 2019
    KELLY BREVIG COLUMN: Be brave enough to share the load
    Teal mascara blended with Smurf-blue eyeliner and rolled down my face. The giant bangs were still firmly in place, but the makeup was a force with which to be reckoned. One-ply tissue was not quite doing its job after two hours worth of sobbing from the front row of the theater. My...
    opinion/columnsFebruary 10, 2019 - 10:02am
    December 3, 2018
    Mental health data ‘horrifying’: Minnesota employers’ group seeks to improve statistics for the sake of their workers and their bottom line
    DULUTH — Deb Krause has two words for the results of mental health care in Minnesota: “They’re horrible.” Krause is vice president of...
    lifestyle/healthDecember 3, 2018 - 2:57pm
    November 27, 2018
    Lizzy Thurlow, right, vice president and co-founder of BSU’s Mental Health Advisory Board, talks students through a guided meditation session on Tuesday at BSU. (Jillian Gandsey | Bemidji Pioneer)
    BSU students encourage healthy habits ahead of finals
    BEMIDJI -- A group of BSU students is trying to encourage healthy habits before the stress of finals hits this semester. On Tuesday, Lizzy Thurlow,...
    news/educationNovember 27, 2018 - 4:23pm
    November 15, 2018
    Katie Bjorndahl on a tractor at the Western Minnesota Steam Threshers Reunion. Submitted photo
    Life after Katie: How Minnesota family remembers her by promoting mental health awareness
    HAWLEY, Minn. — Sept. 25, 2018, is a day tragedy struck the Bjorndahl family. Katie Bjorndahl's father, Aaron Bjorndahl, called her first thing...
    lifestyle/healthNovember 15, 2018 - 7:00am
    November 12, 2018
    Winter sunset. The image is released free of copyrights under Creative Commons CC0. https://pxhere.com/en/photo/649881
    Seasonal depression, 'winter blues' and SAD
    If you're feeling shortchanged because the sun now sets at about 5 p.m., consider this: The sun set for the last time this year on people in...
    lifestyle/healthNovember 12, 2018 - 3:35pm
    November 5, 2018
    Kathy Evavold, 59, is angry about rumors that her husband, Lee, 64, a Battle Lake, Minn., farmer and former member of the Ashby Farmers Elevator Cooperative, may have killed himself in July 2018 because he may have known about his friend, Jerry Hennessey’s embezzlement of $5 million. His problem was depression, she says. Mikkel Pates / Forum News Service
    Suicide widow angry with rumors: Says husband didn’t know about Ashby Co-op embezzlement
    BATTLE LAKE, Minn. — Kathy Evavold has heard the rumors and they make her angry and hurt. Kathy, 59, is the widow of Leland “Lee” Evavold,...
    business/agricultureNovember 5, 2018 - 6:17am
    October 28, 2018
    The Sanford Health Primewest Crisis and Detox Center will be located at 3124 Hannah Ave. NW, in Bemidji. (Jillian Gandsey | Bemidji Pioneer)
    Mental health crisis center, detox facility to open in Bemidji in 2019
    BEMIDJI—Several years ago, Beltrami County Sheriff Phil Hodapp began informing state officials about the need for a local facility to provide...
    newsOctober 28, 2018 - 8:05am
    October 13, 2018
    REACH mental health support group to meet Oct. 16
    BEMIDJI - The REACH family and friends support group will meet 7 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 16, at Hope House, 2014 Seventh St. SE in Bemidji.The topic will be: “Estate Planning, Trusts, Wills, & Guardianship,” presented by attorny Jim Haskell. At REACH, people learn from...
    community/eventsOctober 13, 2018 - 3:51pm
    October 6, 2018
    One More Light Music Festival on Oct. 11 at BSU
    BEMIDJI -- The BSU Student Senate Association will host the One More Light Music Festival to help spread awareness about mental health acceptance and suicide prevention at BSU and in the surrounding community. The music festival will take place 6 to 9:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 11, on...
    news/educationOctober 6, 2018 - 4:22pm
    September 29, 2018
    Stock photo / Pixabay
    Genetic testing startup expands beyond cancer to mental health
    A decade ago, Othman Laraki was working as a product manager at Google when he found out he was a carrier of a harmful BRCA2 gene mutation, one...
    business/healthcareSeptember 29, 2018 - 8:30am
    September 9, 2018
    Runners take off from the start of the 12th Annual Run/Walk/Skate for Suicide Prevention at the Sanford Center in Bemidji. (Jillian Gandsey | Bemidji Pioneer)
    Reaching out: Local, national programs work on suicide prevention
    BEMIDJI -- Mental health and suicide remain difficult subjects for many to discuss. But through a local event held Saturday and a national campaign,...
    newsSeptember 9, 2018 - 7:30am
    September 6, 2018
    Dr. Drew Pinsky speaks Thursday, Sept. 6,at the N.D. Behavioral Health Conference jn Fargo. Michael Vosburg / Forum News Service
    Dr. Drew of 'Celebrity Rehab' kicks off ND conference saying 'addiction is a disease'
    FARGO — In less than an hour, Dr. Drew Pinsky touched on addiction, trauma, brain science and faith-based programs, among other topics...
    lifestyle/healthSeptember 6, 2018 - 7:38pm
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