Dear Neighbor of Southeastern CT and Southern RI,

Peter Derosa, Program Director, Montville Joshua Center, Natchaug Hospital

Yes, children can experience depression, including forms of the disease that can be life-threatening. October, National Depression Month, reminds us that depression is a treatable illness affecting nearly 10% of the adult population in the United States, plus 12% of the adolescents [...]

May is Mental Health Month

Peter Derosa, Program Director, Montville Joshua Center, Natchaug Hospital

by Peter Derosa

With one in every four individuals in the United States suffering from a diagnosable mental illness, we can assume that nearly everyone is impacted by mental illness.  Mental illness is an illness.  It affects the rich and poor, [...]

Dear Neighbor of Southeastern CT & Southern RI,

Peter Derosa, Montville Joshua Center Program Director, Natchaug Hospital.

According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, every day 32 people in the United States die in motor vehicle crashes that involve an alcohol-impaired driver. This amounts to one death every 45 minutes. The annual cost of alcohol-related crashes totals more than $51 [...]