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Behavioral Health Patient Stories
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Kim
Crist
You just had a beautiful,
healthy baby. You’re supposed to be overwhelmed with joy ... right?
Despite society’s expectation of new mothers to be blissfully happy
after the arrival of a new baby, nearly all women experience the
“baby blues” in the weeks after childbirth and 10-15 percent of
women experience postpartum depression.
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Brad
Ziverk
Halloween 2004 is one night that Army
Reserve Staff Sgt. Brad Ziverk, 43, of Springfield, will never
forget. “That was my first night in Iraq. Everything about it – the
sights, sounds, smells, the heat – just blew me away,” he recalls.
“There is no sewage or plumbing system, and the people there have a
very different attitude about life than what we’re used to here.
They leave their dead on the side of the road. Then the insurgents
come along and hide their IEDs (roadside bombs) inside the bodies.”
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Brad's Story
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Jan Koenemann
Sixty-year-old Janice Koenemann, a
retired nurse who lives in Springfield, has suffered from depression
on and off for about 20 years. She attributes the onset of her
depression to a combination of job stress and caring for her
terminally ill father. A hysterectomy at 30 also contributed to her
depression.
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