Community Response Meeting

LiveWell Northwest Kansas is urging people to attend a mental health community response meeting from 7 to 8 p.m. on the evenings of Tuesday, Nov. 30, and Tuesday, at the Rawlins County Junior/Senior High School, and Tuesday, January 18, at the Rawlins County Regional Medical Center's Community Room.

“Young people and adults alike face daily dilemmas as they navigate their way through school, work, family relationships, financial demands, and other stresses,” explains Behavioral Health Coordinator Kaitlyn Bebb of LiveWell Northwest Kansas, in Colby.

“Such issues as puberty, coping with social pressures, expectations from parents or other people of authority, can prove extremely stressful. And, given the rise in the development of mental health concerns in our region, we at LiveWell Northwest Kansas are working hard to educate people and facilitate proactive prevention in our schools and rural communities.”

Bebb explains how vitally important it is to talk freely about stresses,…