May is Mental Health Awareness Month! By completing this activity sheet and thinking about words that represent how we feel is a great way to celebrate. You can keep your mental he...
The Boards of Directors for Independence-based Comprehensive Mental Health Services and Springfield, Mo.-based Burrell Behavioral Health have signed formal documents finalizing a m...
On Veteran’s day we take the time to reflect, honor, and show our appreciation to our brave Veteran’s. Choosing the military life is a selfless sacrifice given to protect our freed...
The purpose of this program is to encourage you with an incentive that rewards you for being accountable in your recovery process. We want you to be successful, and to achieve grea...
I began using at the age of 12. I would sneak into my parents liquor cabinet and sneak a bottle of anything I could. I would meet up with my friends and get loaded off my liquor an...
CMHS is excited to announce the purchase of a new location that will allow for better access for services for those who live in the Northeastern portion of our service area. CMHS p...
When Enough Is Enough My entire life I lived in the mindset of “I need more” no matter what it was. Shopping, sex, drugs, drinking, drama, food–I lived to always ...
During the last presidential election, I was sitting in the county jail, a convicted felon back again for a probation violation. No idea how many times I’d been arrested at this po...
Our transitional housing facility, New Connections, received some much-needed upgrades in the form of a full kitchen renovation and construction to open up more office and group sp...