Low mood screening saved a life in Carbondale
Becky recounts a life saved after National Low Mood Screening Day in Carbondale when Southern Illinois Regional Social Services funded her inpatient treatment. Her crisis followed multiple losses and stressors, but with therapy and medication she regained agency, finding a fitting therapist and continuing twice weekly sessions to rebuild her life.
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Southern Illinois
Becky
Southern Illinois Regional Social Services
Carbondale
SIRSS
Harrisburg Medical Center
Sallie Schramm
Schramm
Sallie
Becke's Journey From Dark Depression to Creative Rebirth
Becky describes a yearlong healing process for brain and mood after personal crisis. She relies on SIRSS for physical monitoring and antidepressants, though she aims to wean as she recovers. The demanding but creative job helps her confront fear and advocate for mental health awareness.
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SIRSS
Becky
National Low Mood Screening Day events across area
Today marks the 11th annual National Low Mood Screening Day with multiple sites offering free anonymous mood screening questionnaires. In Carbondale at Kroger East from 1 30 to 6 p m SIRSS clinicians will answer questions and provide coping materials for grief or anger related to recent terrorist attacks. In Harrisburg the Harrisburg Medical Center offers screenings 8 a m to 4 30 p m in the main lobby and 8 30 a m to noon at the Golden Circle Center with access to a clinician for individual consultation.
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Southern Illinois Today
Southern Illinois Regional Social Services
Jackson
Perry
Kroger East
Rosenberg
Harrisburg
Harrisburg Medical Center
Cynthia Merritt
Bradford House
Golden Circle Senior Citizens Center
Mental health screening event seeks help nationwide
More than 19 million Americans experience low mood yearly with screenings offered in Southern Illinois by Herrin, Jonesboro, and Murphysboro groups. Walk ins and callers can reach local contacts or use a toll free line to locate an Oct. 11 site near them and learn evaluations by mental health professionals. Online details are available at mentalhealthscreening.org.
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Southern Illinois
Herrin
Rea Clinic
Logan Drive
Sheila Beltz
Jonesboro
Southern Seven Health Department
Linda Garner
Murphysboro
St. Joseph Memorial Hospital
Shelley W. Smith
Mentalhealthscreening.org
Linda Rush
Mini stroke eye blindness linked to lower stroke risk study
A New England Journal of Medicine study led by Dr. Oscar Benavente of the University of Texas at San Antonio finds temporary one eye vision loss occurs in about a quarter of TIAs and patients with fleeting blindness have roughly half the three year stroke risk of those with hemispheric TIAs. Subsequent strokes after brief blindness were less likely to be fatal or disabling.
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New England Journal of Medicine
Oscar Benavente
University of Texas At San Antonio
Understanding Bipolar Disorder and Low Mood Risks
Mental health guidance outlines how excessive euphoria or irritability signals manic phases in bipolar disorder, with dangerous risk-taking and sleep loss. It contrasts with low mood symptoms like persistent sadness, sleep changes, fatigue, and thoughts of death, noting prevalence, diagnosis gaps, gender patterns, and treatment response. Compiled by Linda Rush from National low mood Screening Day materials.
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Linda Rush
CatSper protein boosts sperm mobility and fertility
Harvard researchers report CatSper, a protein in sperm tails, drives strong tail whip and egg penetration. Mice lacking CatSper produced sluggish sperm, failed to fertilize without zona pellucida removal, and showed no change in sperm production or sexual behavior. Findings in Nature suggest new avenues for male contraception and infertility treatment.
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David Clapham
Harvard Medical School
Nature
Clapham
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