Macomb County Community Mental Health (MCCMH) will be recognizing mental health champions at their second annual Mental Health Matters Awards ceremony May 23 and are seeking nominations for the award. “More than one in five adults in the United States live with a mental illness,” MCCMH Interim CEO, Traci Smith said, in a news release. “The…

Basketball is not the only thing March is known for. Many people will also take in CARE of Southeastern Michigan’s Parenting Conference held annually in March at the Macomb Intermediate School District Offices in Clinton Township. This year’s event is March 2 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Full Story: https://www.macombdaily.com/2024/02/07/care-of-southeastern-michigans-parenting-conference-set-for-march-2/

Substance use disorder affects not only the user but also the children, making it a struggle if they don’t have support. Camp Care is a specialty camp for children as young as 3 years old. Kayla Dadswell and Andrew Brown joined CBS News Detroit to talk about the purpose of the camp. Video and Full…

The number of people who died of drug overdoses in a single year has reached an all-time high, yet another grim milestone in the nation’s ongoing opioid crisis. More than 104,000 people nationwide died of overdoses during the 12-month period ending in September 2021, according to newly released provisional data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control…

Lindsey Parton was driving home from work on the sixth anniversary of her sobriety date when she hit a traffic tie-up on Eight Mile Road in Warren. As she inched along, she spotted the reason for the jam: a car stopped in the far right lane. And as she got even closer, she noticed the…