An Important Message About Suicide Prevention

July 24, 2018
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An Important Message About Suicide Prevention From The National Council For Behavioral Health Preventing Suicide is Everyone’s Business: Statement by Linda Rosenberg, President and CEO The high-profile deaths by suicide last week of celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain and designer Kate Spade shed light on a growing national problem. While other…

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Mental Health & Your Gut – What’s The Connection?

July 17, 2018
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Starting Point’s July 30 Community Conversation To Focus on Digestive Health And Its Influence On Mental Health You have probably had a “gut feeling” or some stomach upset when you were stressed. Now, scientists are learning that there is actually a “second brain” in your gut that influences how you…

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How to Keep Calm in an Increasingly Angry World 

June 7, 2018
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Angry people seem everywhere today. You see it in people’s faces. You hear it in their voices. You might hear it in your own voice. Living in a society that often consists of wall-to-wall annoyances and blood pressure pushing provocations, we are faced daily with what seems like countless reasons…

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Autism: A Community Conversation Set For April 30

April 13, 2018
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Join The Conversation on Autism Join Starting Point for the first of its Community Conversation Series entitled “Autism: A Community Conversation” on Monday, April 30, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the Peck Center in Fernandina Beach. Jill Hill, Certified ESE Instructor at the Partnership for Child Health will be…

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Journaling Can Relieve Stress (& Anxiety!)

April 12, 2018
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How to Use a Journal for Stress Management Journal writing is a powerful tool for reducing the effects of stress as well as anxiety and many other mental health conditions. It’s something that anyone can do with just a pen and paper to manage stress right away and over time. …

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Registration is Open For Adult Mental Health First Aid Classes

March 7, 2018
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Starting Point Behavioral Healthcare has scheduled two Adult Mental Health First Aid Classes in March and April. The classes are free and open to the public, but registration is required. The 8-hour classes take place in the Fernandina Beach Police Department’s Community Room. The Mental Health First Aid program teaches…

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