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8A | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 2019 | COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL Helping Guatemalans in The Grove Gene O’Neil of the Bohemia Sunrisers Kiwanis (left) recently presented a check for $500 to Anna Marie Dudley of Peggy’s Primary Connection. The donation will be used to provide food and necessary services for Guatemalan fami- lies living in the Cottage Grove area. COURTESY PHOTO Series from A1 BINGO COUPON COTTAGE GROVE ELKS LODGE Community Health Assess- ment lists five main factors that can buffer individuals from suicidal thoughts and behavior: effective clinical care, easy access to a variety of clinical interventions and support, family and commu- nity support, support from ongoing medical and mental health care relationships and skills in nonviolent problem solving and conflict resolu- tion. The theme running through these factors is support: support from the health care system and from an individual’s community. The stigma around home- lessness in addition to the stigma around mental ill- ness can be paralyzing, while support for individuals fac- ing these experiences can be the guiding hand forward — and away from irreversible action. “I think, as a communi- ty, we can do a better job at talking about it, too,” said Benson-Arb. “We can talk about the elderly person who has had a full life and takes their life, but it’s hard to bring up suicide with a team committed to contin- uous improvement with the patient and community at the center,” McGovern said. “I am eager to begin contrib- uting what I’ve learned over the last decade and look forward to continuing my personal growth and devel- opment at PeaceHealth.” An experienced physician leader, Dr. McGovern comes to PeaceHealth from Wis- consin-based ThedaCare, where he currently serves as system vice president of medical affairs. His first day will be April 29. kids, teens — so we don’t ask … and I think we contin- ue to stigmatize it when we don’t use plain language.” On an individual level, education and action are the most direct ways to make change within a communi- ty; taking a mental first-aid or suicide prevention class, volunteering with warm- ing shelters and donating clothes or funds to local organizations or DHS pro- grams can all make a dif- ference, as can reaching out to struggling family, friends and frequently seen faces. Supporting affordable housing efforts and volun- teering with organizations such as Habitat for Human- ity can also help get more people into homes, provid- ing more stability for fami- lies and individuals who are at risk by helping them ac- quire the most basic human needs identified in Maslow’s Hierarchy. For a list of mental health resources in our county, call South Lane Mental Health in Cottage Grove at 541- 942-3939 or visit http:// www.slmh.org/ Are you a senior? 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ED R IT FFE LIM E O M TI County Behavioral Health office, “and … our teen pop- ulation (is) extremely vul- nerable to suicide.” The trifecta of homeless- ness, health conditions and behavioral health issues is often deadly. Benson-Arb explained that a lack of structure, repeatedly mov- ing from one temporary situation to another, can ex- acerbate problems in early psychosis patients. This can be worsened by suffering physical health and other instabilities that affect the homeless. “Mental illness plays a major role in homelessness,” said Amanda Cherryholmes, Program Director for the Lincoln City Resource Cen- ter and Emergency Warm- ing Shelter, “whether it be that someone who becomes homeless due to their men- tal illness or vice versa that becoming homeless then creates a mental illness. Not having your basic ne- cessities met such as guar- anteed meals, shower, clean clothes and a safe place to sleep will cause anyone to develop a mental illness over time.” According to Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, a moti- vational theory comprising a five-tier model of human needs, the most basic need are physiological: food, wa- ter, sleep, shelter, clothing and so on. Maslow’s theory is that when the base level of those needs aren’t met, a person cannot address high- er needs — which are in as- cending order: safety, love and belonging, esteem and self-actualization. “The most common men- tal illness that we see in the homeless population is PTSD, depression and anx- iety,” said Cherryholmes. “Imagine being stuck out- side with nothing to eat, no safe place to sleep and the inability to keep clean. Could you possibly stay op- timistic like that?” In a fact sheet released by the National Health Care for the Homeless Council in May 2018, “Sixty-eight percent of homeless individ- uals reported that they had experienced psychological distress in the past month. These health issues are ex- acerbated by exposure to the elements, heightened risk of violence through phys- ical and sexual abuse and a fragmented health system with restrictions on how and to whom care is delivered, which can lead to hope- lessness, distrust, misuse of emergency services and self-treatment.” The fact sheet went on to explain that under those conditions, which already increase the likelihood of suicide in the general pop- ulation, the compound- ing factors associated with homelessness place those individuals at much higher risk of suicide. 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