Tag: Depression
Chaplain Tom Freborg heads up Rise Up & Fight Ministries
It wasn’t until retiring after a 20-year-long firefighting career did Chaplain Tom Freborg understand the mental health crisis that first responders suffer from. To aid first responders, Freborg created Rise Up & Fight Ministries, which offers aid to first responders that are afflicted by thoughts of suicide and depression.
“I...
Depression Lecture at NEOMED’s Mini Med School Seminar
Rootstown - Joel Mowrey, PhD, executive director of the Mental Health & Recovery Board of Portage County, was guest lecturer for the February Mini-Medical School session at NEOMED.
Dr. Mowrey discussed the blues and depression. “Everyone feels sad and low every once in a while, but these feelings usually pass...
