Healthy Adults

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    CEO Letter: JD Hickey talks about Tennessee's epidemic of prescription drug abuse and misuse

    It’s impossible to measure the pain and heartbreak Tennessee families have endured because of prescription drug misuse and abuse.
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    A Grassroots Program Grows: Count It! Lock it! Drop it! reduced prescription drug misuse in Coffee County and is going statewide

    Program to reduce prescription drug misuse in Coffee County goes statewide.
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    Fighting For The Future: Family ties move Grizzlies star Mike Conley to fight sickle cell disease

    As a child, Mike Conley was keenly aware that not everyone in his family was blessed when it came to health.
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    Understanding in Action

    During his walk around a Nashville neighborhood, a police officer spots a disheveled young man sleeping in the alleyway of an apartment building. It’s a dangerous spot for sleep — cars speed through the narrow alley regularly, and early the next morning a garbage truck will be pulling up to empty a nearby dumpster. So the officer shakes the young man awake, to get him to move along, ideally to a shelter a few blocks away. The switch to wakefulness does not go well. The young man grows increasingly agitated, pulls away from the officer and begins to argue. A situation like this can escalate quickly when a person with mental illness is behaving erratically and a law enforcement officer […]

    Understanding in Action: First responders learn how to respond during encounters with a mentally ill person

    During his walk around a Nashville neighborhood, a police officer spots a disheveled young man sleeping in the alleyway of an apartment building. It’s a dangerous spot for sleep — cars speed through the narrow alley regularly, and early the next morning a garbage truck will be pulling up to empty a nearby dumpster. So the officer shakes the young man awake, to get him to move along, ideally to a shelter a few blocks away. The switch to wakefulness does not go well. The young man grows increasingly agitated, pulls away from the officer and begins to argue. A situation like this can escalate quickly when a person with mental illness is behaving erratically and a law enforcement officer […]
53. 

    Live Through This

    Larry Chilcutt heard the diagnosis — acute lymphoblastic leukemia — and knew that he had a big fight ahead of him. But neither he nor his wife, Tabitha, realized that the battle would take complete control of their lives.

    Live Through This: Cancer patients find support and a family of fellow survivors at Hope Lodge

    Larry Chilcutt heard the diagnosis — acute lymphoblastic leukemia — and knew that he had a big fight ahead of him. But neither he nor his wife, Tabitha, realized that the battle would take complete control of their lives.
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    Speaking My Language

    For Tennessee’s growing Latino community, education is the first step toward a better career, but it’s also the first step toward a healthier life.

    Speaking My Language: Knoxville nonprofit helps Latino community improve their lives, starting with education

    For Tennessee’s growing Latino community, education is the first step toward a better career, but it’s also the first step toward a healthier life.
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    You Are Not Alone

    Counselors share their own recovery stories with callers to the Peer Recovery Call Center.

    You Are Not Alone: Counselors share their own recovery stories with callers to the Peer Recovery Call Center

    Counselors share their own recovery stories with callers to the Peer Recovery Call Center.
56. 

    Taking Control

    “It was an accident.” No woman wants those words to describe one of the biggest decisions of her life, but for many Tennessee women who become pregnant before they’re ready, they ring true.

    Taking Control: Chattanooga nonprofit provides free contraceptives to help women plan their pregnancies and their futures

    “It was an accident.” No woman wants those words to describe one of the biggest decisions of her life, but for many Tennessee women who become pregnant before they’re ready, they ring true.
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    We Gather Together

    For the average person, the language of health care — deductibles, premiums, reimbursements — can be confusing. Now imagine trying to make sense of that while literally speaking a different language.

    We Gather Together: Latino Memphis reaches people who feel isolated from the mainstream

    For the average person, the language of health care — deductibles, premiums, reimbursements — can be confusing. Now imagine trying to make sense of that while literally speaking a different language.
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    Appropriate Response

    Training teaches first responders when the mentally ill need treatment vs. incarceration

    Appropriate Response: Training teaches first responders when the mentally ill need treatment vs. incarceration

    Training teaches first responders when the mentally ill need treatment vs. incarceration
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    Soothing Troubled Minds

    Alone. Ask anyone suffering or recovering from mental illness or dealing with substance abuse how they feel — that’s your answer.

    Soothing Troubled Minds: Helen Ross McNabb Center brings their expertise in mental health care to underserved rural Tennessee residents

    Alone. Ask anyone suffering or recovering from mental illness or dealing with substance abuse how they feel — that’s your answer.
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    Every Person Deserves Care

    Better Tennessee talked with people who work in charitable clinics across the state to get first-person insights on how affordability affects health.

    Every Person Deserves Care: The insiders’ view of the impact of Tennessee’s charitable clinics

    Better Tennessee talked with people who work in charitable clinics across the state to get first-person insights on how affordability affects health.