Category Archives: Community Outreach

Hallelujah! This can have a major impact on our area, both locally and statewide, and on the population the Linden Lodge Foundation supports and serves. Please check out the news below and consider making the pledge to support more access … Continue reading →

The Linden Lodge Foundation would like to share a ground-breaking report “Horrific deaths, brutal treatment: Mental illness in America’s jails,” published by The Virginia Pilot. In a nine-month investigation, reporter Gary Harki and several Marquette University students tracked the deaths of 404 … Continue reading →

Hattie Gladwell Metro.co.uk You are not OCD. You have OCD. That’s an important distinction. I really wish people would stop labelling themselves – and others – with their mental illness. What I’m talking about is discussing mental illness as though … Continue reading →

Alex Lickerman, MD | Conditions | June 3, 2010 Though I’ve never lost a friend or family member to suicide, I have lost a patient. I have known a number of people left behind by the suicide of people close … Continue reading →

9 Ways To Fight Mental Health Stigma By Laura Greenstein | Oct. 11, 2017   Most people who live with mental illness have, at some point, been blamed for their condition. They’ve been called names. Their symptoms have been referred to as “a … Continue reading →

Vinay Saranga MD Saranga Psychiatry -Child, Adolescent, Adult Psychiatrist People often refer to ‘anxiety and depression’ as if they are the same illness. They share some similar symptoms like fatigue, increased irritability and worthlessness. Yet, even with their similarities, they … Continue reading →

NAMI Mourns the Loss of Senator Pete Domenici Sep 13 2017 ARLINGTON, Va., September 13, 2017 – NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, is saddened to hear the news that former-Senator Pete Domenici of New Mexico has passed away. … Continue reading →

One of our Linden Lodge residents, Emily, who started our Bear Hugs program received this thank you card from the students in the Exceptional Family Member Program at Pinecrest High School where she volunteers. As we always say, “a little … Continue reading →

By ROBERT RIGO July 24, 2017 Chester Bennington, the lead singer of the band Linkin Park, was found dead on Thursday in his home near Los Angeles. The coroner’s office has confirmed that the 41-year-old died of suicide. That’s something I — … Continue reading →