By: Todd Archbold and Peter Nystrom During the last several years, both PrairieCare and Nystrom & Associates, Ltd. have grown considerably as behavioral healthcare and psychiatric service providers. Both agencies offer specialized services...
More InfoNational Children’s Mental Health Day: Open Dialogue and Action Support our Children By: Jamie Pfister, LAMFT and Jake Lehrer, LAMFT
Trying to tell when your child should go to the Emergency Department for medical concerns is a bit more clear cut then it is for mental health concerns. Knowing what you “should” do to get help for your kids in the case of mental health...
More InfoSo what is a free Needs Assessment anyway? By: Lindsay Fiedler, MSE, NCC, Needs Assessment Counselor
In the Needs Assessment Department we are often asked, “So what exactly is a Needs Assessment?” I was asking this same question just a few months ago as I began my new position as a Needs Assessment Counselor at PrairieCare in Maple Grove. My...
More InfoWhy I Walk. By: Jen Holper, LSW.
I can remember sitting in my social work under grad human development class – during the mental health unit, thinking to myself, “I do not see myself working in the mental health field”. That naïve 20 year old was unknowingly in a relationship...
More InfoPrairieCare to launch a DHS supported program that will allow statewide consultative access to child psychiatrists.
PrairieCare, in collaboration with Sanford, Essentia, and Mayo Clinic will launch a DHS supported program that will allow statewide consultative access to child psychiatrists. Our colleague and friend Dr. Peter Jensen (Mayo Clinic) was...
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