North Central Behavioral Health Systems

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Addictions: Alcohol and Substance Abuse
ADHD: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Child & Adolescent Development: Overview

Child Development and Parenting: Early Childhood
Child Development and Parenting: Infants

Death & Dying
Depression: Major Depression & Unipolar Varieties

Mental Health Professions
Mental Retardation (Intellectual Disabilities)

We believe that by providing health promotion, prevention, and behavioral health care services, individuals in our communities can and will discover...
A new direction for life!
Services at NCBHS are provided by a multidisciplinary team of professionals including:

- Psychiatrists - Licensed Clinical Psychologists - Licensed Therapists - Counselors, Social Workers, and Nurses - Mental Health Professionals - Case Managers

Abuse. Abuse occurs when people mistreat or misuse other people, showing no concern for their integrity or innate worth as individuals, and in a manner that degrades their well being. More...

Addictions: Alcohol and Substance Abuse. People who become addicted to alcohol/drugs are gradually introduced and desensitized to them over a period of time. More...

Anxiety Disorders. In this topic center you'll find information on the Anxiety Disorders, including phobia (social anxiety, agoraphobia, etc.), panic disorder, generalized anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, and obsessive compulsive disorder. More...

Depression: Major Depression & Unipolar Varieties. This topic center is a comprehensive overview of the unipolar mood disorders with an emphasis on the causes of and treatments for depression. More...

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Acute Stress Disorder is an anxiety disorder which may involve dissociation that occurs in the wake of exposure to traumatic events. This topic center provides an overview of the causes, symptoms and treatments for PTSD. More...

Schizophrenia. A comprehensive overview of the nature and treatment of Schizophrenia, a brain disease associated with psychosis (hallucinations and delusions), and disorganized behavior. More...

Stress Reduction and Management. A comprehensive overview of how to reduce stress. We cover the nature of stress, and the many different methods people can use to reduce and manage their stress. More...

Motorcycle Crashes a Major Cause of Brain Injury in Youths
Motorcycle crashes are a substantial cause of hospitalization and traumatic brain injury in adolescents, but helmet laws that target only younger riders are less effective than universal helmet laws in reducing traumatic brain injury, according to a pair of studies published online Nov. 15 in Pediatrics. More...
AHA: Smoking Over 15 Years Ago Tied to Heart Failure Risk
Individuals with more than 30 pack-years of smoking history who quit smoking over 15 years ago remain at an increased risk for heart failure, and the prevalence of current smoking appears to have dramatically declined among adults, according to two studies presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2010, held from Nov. 13 to 17 in Chicago. More...
Early 'Pot' Use May Harm Brain More: Study
Smoking before age 16 tied to greater executive function problems. More...
Vyvanse Approved for Adolescent ADHD
Previously sanctioned for ADHD in adults and children More...

Mental Health First Aid
Mental Health First Aid is a 12-hour training course designed to give members of the public key skills to help someone who is developing a mental health problem or experiencing a mental health crisis. More...

Community Training Events
This training will first focus on answering some of the questions related to adolescents that self-abuse: Who is using this behavior, why this method, what results are they looking for, are these individuals suicidal and what the current trends are. Then we will look at what treatment modality is currently showing some success at treating the self injurious adolescent. More...

National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare
The National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare's annual conference is "Simply the best, better than all the rest." More...

How Drugs Affect The Brain
Learn about the basic mechanisms by which drugs and alcohol affect the brain and nervous system More...

Stress Management Techniques
Though life is often unavoidably difficult, there are effective ways to manage how much we become affected by stress. We'll explore some stress management methods in this article, but first, we'll start by defining what stress is. More...

Study Offers Hope for Faster-Acting Antidepressant
New research from the National Institute of Mental Health gives 15 million people suffering with depression hope for a future faster-acting antidepressant. The medication ketamine begins to take effect on the brain cells involved in depression within hours, researchers report. More...

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Modern cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) was developed independently by two separate individuals: Aaron Beck, a psychiatrist, and Albert Ellis, a clinical psychologist. More...

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