Super Bowl winner from 1985 team tells story of addiction and recovery Download this news release as a PDF ROCKFORD – “L.A. Mike” Richardson, a defensive back with the 1985 Super Bowl-winning Chicago Bears, brought his story of addiction and recovery to the Rosecrance Griffin Williamson Adolescent Treatment Center on Tuesday afternoon, March 27. Richardson … Continued
The Rockford Register Star‘s Matt Trowbridge wrote in today’s newspaper about former Chicago Bear Michael Richardson’s visit with adolescent teens at Rosecrance’s adolescent Rosecrance Griffin Williamson Campus on Wednesday. Williamson spoke to teens about motivations, goals and the 12 Steps. From Trowbridge’s article: Mike Richardson, a starting cornerback on the famed 1985 Chicago Bears, partied … Continued
Charity care event set for 6:30 p.m. April 16 at Giovanni’s Download this news release as a PDF ROCKFORD – Rock ‘n’ roll sensation Michael Cavanaugh returns to the city on April 16 to headline the annual Rosecrance Foundation Benefit, which raises funds to serve clients who need financial assistance for substance abuse and mental … Continued
Eight locations set in Chicago area and Rockford Download this news release as a PDF ROCKFORD – Registration is open for a new workshop titled “What Can I Say to Convince Them to Quit?,” which will be offered free of charge at eight locations in northern Illinois between now and July. The sessions are designed … Continued
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS), the first and only non-invasive treatment for depression approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), was featured Wednesday, March 14, on the Dr. Oz program. TMS is a non-medicinal treatment for major depressive disorder. It is managed by board-certified physicians and features no systemic side effects, such as weight gain … Continued
Mary Gubbe Lee (from left), Stephen F. Vrtol III, Bonnie Gilmore, Sherry Fink, Cindy Krigbaum and Rachel Albreckson pose for a photo at the 2012 Get to Know NAMI event at Klehm Arboretum in Rockford. Rosecrance staffers, Stars of Light Theatre Troupe among those honored Download this news release as a PDF ROCKFORD, IL – … Continued
Judge Janet Holmgren, presiding judge of the Juvenile and Specialty Courts Division of the 17th Judicial Circuit Court, smiles while distributing state certificates for Rosecrance’s crisis intervention training (C.I.T.). 24 officers take 40-hour behavioral health training Download this news release as a PDF ROCKFORD, IL – Rosecrance awarded state certificates to 24 law enforcement officers … Continued
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is reporting that 7.5 million children under age 18 (10.5 percent of this population) lived with a parent who has experienced an alcohol use disorder in the past year. The report is titled Data Spotlight: Over 7 Million Children Live with a Parent with Alcohol Problems. … Continued