By Melanie Dallas, LPC In January 2023 Highland Rivers Behavioral Health announced a partnership with Findhelp, an online social care platform that allows people to search for area resources by…
by Melanie Dallas, LPC If you were to come to Highland Rivers Behavioral Health for services, one of the first documents you’d be given is a list of your rights…
By Melanie Dallas, LPC I’ve always loved Veterans Day – the eleventh day of the eleventh month each year that we celebrate the men and women who chose to dedicate…
By Melanie Dallas, LPC On September 13, Highland Rivers Behavioral Health hosted a symposium about suicide among veterans. Called “It Takes a Village to Combat Veteran Suicide,” the symposium sought…
By Melanie Dallas, LPC To be clear, ‘recover’ is not the same as ‘cure’ – and to live in recovery is not the same as being cured. Although some definitions…
By Melanie Dallas, LPC As much as children hate to see the end of summer vacation, many also look forward to getting back to school, even if they won’t come…
By Melanie Dallas, LPC Each December, I write a ‘year in review’ column highlighting our agency’s accomplishments and changes during the previous calendar year. But Highland Rivers Behavioral Health also…
By Melanie Dallas, LPC If you’re male, someone has probably said it to you at some point in your life, and probably first when you were a child: “Man up,”…
By Melanie Dallas, LPC If you were to search the internet for Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week, you would find a variety of organizations – and dates. Although generally the…
By Melanie Dallas, LPC With the opioid crisis receiving so much news coverage nowadays, it can be easy to overlook the ongoing impact of one of the most pervasive and…