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Mental Health Response Advisory Committee, Colon Cancer Awareness, Primary Preview

Colon Cancer is beatable, but patients have to start fighting early.  We will discuss the latest on risk factors, detection and treatment of colon cancer.  P;lus, a new worry: people in their 20s and 30s are contracting the disease. Also, a committee charged with recommending procedures and training for police who deal with the mentally ill in crisis wants your opinion.

 

Mental Health Response Advisory Committee Resources:

 

Online Survey:

The online survey can be accessed by visiting  http://bit.ly/CLECrisisResponseSurvey[external link].  It will be open through Wednesday, March 23, 2016.

Hard Copies of the Survey:

People can download and print the survey by visiting  http://bit.ly/print_CLECrisisResponseSurvey[external link]. Completed surveys must be mailed or returned by Wednesday, March 23, 2016, to:

ADAMHS Board of Cuyahoga County
c/o MHRAC Survey

2012 West 25 th Street, 6 th Floor

Cleveland, OH 44113

Three Community Input Sessions:

1.       Southeast Side: Wednesday, March 16, from 6:30 to 8:30 PM at Community Assessment & Treatment Services (CATS), 8411 Broadway Avenue, Cleveland OH 44105.

2.      Northeast / Central:  Saturday, March 19 th, from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM at the Tri-C Jerry Sue Thornton Center (formerly the Visiting Nurses Association), 2500 East 22 nd Street, Cleveland OH 44115.

3.      West Side:  Wednesday, March 23, from 6:30 to 8:30 PM at Stella Maris, 1320 Washington Avenue, Cleveland OH 44113

 

 

Ideastream Be Well TV Special: Confronting Colon Cancer

Bill Denihan, Chair, Mental Health Response and Advisory Committee

Dr. Jean Ashburn, MD, Cleveland Clinic  

Marie Burger, Patient

Karen Kasler, Ohio Statehouse News Bureau Chief

Leigh Barr is a coordinating producer for the "Sound of Ideas" and the "Sound of Ideas Reporters Roundtable."