Mahoning County health notes
SELF-HELP GROUP MEETS: Recovery International, a community self-help mental health group, will meet at 2 p.m. today at Michael Kusalaba Public Library, 2815 Mahoning Ave., Youngstown.
For more information, phone 330-747-1176.
MAMMOGRAPHY VAN: The Joanie Abdu Comprehensive Breast Care Center Mobile Mammography Unit will be traveling around northeast Ohio throughout July.
Screening dates are:
• Wednesday, 8 to 11:15 a.m. — Talsman Primary Care, 61 Talsman Drive, Canfield;
• Wednesday, 12:30 to 2:15 p.m. — Trailwood Primary Care, 900 Trailwood Drive, Boardman;
• Friday, 8 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. — Canfield Primary Care, 3660 Stutz Drive;
• Monday, 8 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. — Belmont Primary Care, 2031 Belmont Ave., Youngstown;
• Monday, 12:30 to 2:15 p.m. — Cornersburg Primary Care, 2955 Canfield Road, Youngstown.
Screening mammograms are usually a covered benefit with most insurance carriers and do not require a physician order. Financial assistance for mobile screenings also is available.
For information or to schedule your mammogram, call 330-480-2654.
OA MEETS: Overeaters Anonymous meets at 7 p.m. Mondays. OA is for anyone with addictive problems with food, including compulsive overeating, bulimia, anorexia and other food-related problems. For further information on location, contact Mary Beth at 330-301-0891 or check OA.org for more meetings.
MOBILE OFFICE: The Mahoning County Veterans Service Commission Mobile Office is on site 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesdays at the Carl Nunziato VA Outpatient Clinic, 1815 Belmont Ave., Youngstown. Anyone with questions regarding VA or Mahoning County benefits, or who needs to file a VA claim, can stop in.
For more information, contact Susan Krawchyk, executive director, Mahoning County Veterans Service Commission, at 330-740-250.
CELEBRATE RECOVERY: Celebrate Recovery, a support group to help those recovering from addiction or any kind of mental health issue, meets 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesdays at 6779 Belmont Ave., Girard.
NAMI OFFERS SUPPORT: National Alliance on Mental Illness Mahoning Valley offers support and education for individuals and families dealing with mental illness.
• Family To Family, for families dealing with a member who has mental illness, and Peer to Peer, for individuals dealing with mental illness, meet periodically;
• Connection support groups, 2:15 p.m. Thursdays, Community Center, 1344 Fifth Ave., Youngstown;
• Connection support groups, 6 p.m. the second and fourth Thursday of each month, Alta Care Building, 142 Javit Court, Austintown;
• Free yoga, noon to 1 p.m. second Friday of each month, 201 Wick Ave., Youngstown;
• Support through Expressive Arts, 6 pm. every third Monday, Jewish Community Center, 505 Gypsy Lane, Youngstown;
• Daytime Family Support Group meets 11 a.m. the first Thursday of the month at the Girard Library, 105 Prospect St., Girard;
• Evening Family Support Group meets 6 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month, Alta Care Building, 142 Javit Court, Austintown.
Email info@namimahoningvalley.org, call 330-727-9268 or visit the website at www.namimahoningvalley.org for more information.



