NEWS & NOTES

In July, the Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center will celebrate its 70th birthday. The Bert Nash Center opened on July 5, 1950. University of Kansas psychiatrist Sigmund Gundle was the first director. The Center is named for Dr. Bert Nash, a renowned children’s psychologist. As a student at Washburn University, one of his professors was Dr. Karl Menniger, one of the most influential psychiatrists of his time. When Bert Nash died unexpectedly from a brain hemorrhage in 19

Our community partner, Heartland Community Health Center, has set up a screening tent at the south entrance in front of the Community Health Facility, 200 Maine St. This was done primarily to screen individuals coming to appointments for services at Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health on the first floor. Heartland also offered to screen all individuals coming into the building. This is voluntary and Bert Nash clients can decline to participate. Should they agree, they will

Together we can help the most vulnerable in our community. Our Homeless Outreach Team needs nonperishable food items, such as canned goods, peanut butter, protein bars, as well as camping gear, including sleeping bags, tents, and tarps to distribute to the homeless in our community. Drop-offs can be delivered to the bins outside the South Entrance of the Community Health Facility, 200 Maine St. Monetary donations can also be made at https://bertnash.org/donate//. Thank you fo

During these challenging times, Bert Nash Center is here for you, including by televideo and telephone. If you or someone you know needs support, call our trained staff at 785-843-9192. We will get through this together.

With each new coronavirus update comes more information about what people should do to protect their physical health. But what about people’s mental health? “There’s a lot of information out there; most of it is from a physical health standpoint,” said Emily Rhamy, team leader for the Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center’s Dialectical Behavior Therapy team. “Wash your hands, social distancing, all that is important. But people need to take care of their mental health as w