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By Nada Atieh, August 4, 2020, Record Searchlight. When Kaiser Permanente and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention launched the study to measure Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) levels in Shasta County in 2012, the results they found were striking. The ACE study examined categories of childhood physical and emotional abuse and neglect. It measured household dysfunction — including domestic violence, mental illness and substance abuse — that create toxic stress leading to...

"When I made the commitment to get clean, I was really scared to talk to anyone face-to-face with the issues I was having or the fact I didn’t know where to get help. If I could have accessed a website with all those resources, I do think it would have been helpful and a lot less scary. One of the scariest parts of getting clean was I didn’t know who I was without being a druggy, a thief or criminal. When I did get clean, I discovered I’m good at so many other things. Today in my life I’m a...

Redding resident and community organizer, David Wharton, pushed through many layers of stigma to reach a place of healing in his life. He manages his anxiety and depression with medication, counseling and volunteer service. "I found that giving back to my community had a profound impact on the way I thought about myself and others..." Read more of David's story in his [ Full story]. About one in four people will struggle with a mental illness every year, and about 40 people in Shasta County...