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A&C offers FREE myStrength membership – the health club for your mind

Adult and Child Center is very excited to announce our partnership with myStrength to help the Greater Indianapolis community better track and self-manage their mental health. A&C has supported the mental health needs of the community since 1949 and we have long believed that education and prevention are critical aspects of mental health. This technology allows consumers, family members, and everyone else the opportunity to learn about and track your personal mental health trends in a manner which is tailored to your personal interests. myStrength is like a personal trainer for your mental health – but FREE! And we are confident you will enjoy it.

Bob Dunbar receives IARCA Excellence in Service award

Last week, Bob Dunbar, CEO of Adult and Child Center was given the Excellence in Service award by the Indiana Association of Resources and Child Advocacy (IARCA). Bob was nominated for the considerable impact his work has made on the industries of child mental health and child welfare. Please join us in congratulating Bob Dunbar and thanking him for his decades of dedication toward improving the lives of those who experience mental illness.

Indiana First Lady Foundation

Karen Pence started the Indiana First Lady’s foundation with the intent to pool resources and support the local needs of charitable organizations through fund targeted raising. Adult and Child Center is very proud to have been granted foundation funds to support our mental health and child welfare programming this year. Thanks Mrs Pence et al!

Online screener for mental illness – depression, anxiety, PTSD

MHA America

Early identification of behavioral health concerns is critical to effective treatment. All too often, we get caught up in the daily stress and anxiety of routine life and we don’t recognize the symptoms of depression and/or anxiety disorders. When you or a loved you recognize that you are more tired than normal, enjoy previously enjoyable activities a bit less, these screeners might help you determine whether or not you should seek our some help. MHA America FREE online screeners click here

Sarah Miller, PMHNP-BC

Sarah Miller works with the addictions team, general psychiatry for adolescents and adults, and the competency restoration team. She is board-certified as a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner. Her specialties are working in addictions and with people who experience serious mental illness.

Miller graduated from Indiana University with a psychology degree and went back to school for nursing. She received her nursing degree from Indiana Wesleyan University and worked in a nursing home and also spent time working in a group home with adolescents. She received her master’s degree from Vanderbilt University.

She enjoys hanging out with her family and her two dogs, and going to sporting events.

Joanna Chambers, MD

Dr. Joanna Chambers is a psychiatrist who began seeing Adult & Child Health patients in November 2021. She graduated from Medical College of Georgia with her Doctorate of Medicine in 1996 and completed her residency in psychiatry at Yale University School of Medicine. In addition to bringing a wealth of experience, she currently serves as an associate professor at Indiana University School of Medicine where she teaches Clinical Psychiatry. She is certified in Addiction Medicine and has a special interest in treating pregnant and postpartum women. She is President of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis and Dynamic Psychiatry Organization as well as a sitting member of many medical association boards. Recently, she has won the Residents’ Award for Teaching Excellence in 2020 from Indiana University and has received “Best Doctors Award” in 2010, 2011, and 2014. Dr. Chambers is incredibly active in the medical, academic, and research realms of medicine. She is currently accepting new patients on Wednesdays.