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Milestone is a private, nonprofit, community-based agency providing services to people with behavioral and intellectual challenges throughout Southwestern Pennsylvania. We were founded in 1969 in response to the Pennsylvania Mental Health & Mental Retardation Act of 1966. Our philosophy of inclusion, community integration and recovery—the core notions of social services—was far ahead of its time when our agency launched, and today we continue to provide our consumers with progressive intellectual and behavioral health care service solutions. Our mission is to provide quality, life-enhancing services that promote wellness and the development of human potential.
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What We Can Do For You:
We strongly believe in our core mission to promote wellness and develop human potential by delivering a full range of programs and services that support people with disabilities to live and work in their communities. Milestone provides services to all persons without regard to age, sex, race, color, religious creed, disability, ancestry or national origin. More...
Milestone Lettuce Now Availabe at Giant Eagle!
Milestone Specialty Produce's fresh, delicious hydroponic lettuce is now available at local Giant Eagle Market District locations. Click for details on how to buy this tasty product and support our social mission of providing employment to people with intellectual and behavioral health challenges. More...
Mental Health Stigma Still Prevalent

In Memoriam Darcee Dunkle
Darcee Dunkle, Nurse Co-coordinator at Northwest Health Connections, passed away at home on Saturday, September 11, after a long and courageous battle with cancer More...
Hope for People with Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorders
Linda Rosenberg, President and CEO of the National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare, examines healthcare reform legislation currently being debated in Congress, including health coverage expansion and significantly improved access to mental health and substance use disorder treatment services More...

More Americans Than Ever Turn to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Network Hotline (1 800-273-TALK) for Help with SuicideRelated Problems. SAMHSA and other mental health groups encourage people in crisis and those who are concerned about someone possibly at risk for suicide to use the Lifeline and the many lifesaving services it offers. More...

ADHD: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. This topic center provides a detailed description of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), its causes, symptoms and treatments. ADHD is a neurological disorder that develops during childhood and can persist into adulthood. More...

Alzheimers Disease and other Cognitive Disorders. This topic center provides information on Alzheimer's Dementia, other forms of dementia, traumatic brain injuries, and other cognitive disorders such as Delirium, all of which cause problems with thinking, memory, attention, judgment and emotion regulation. More...

Autism. This topic center provides a comprehensive overview of causes and treatments for Autism, a brain disease characterized by the presence of severe communication, language and social deficits in affected persons. More...

Bipolar Disorder. Bipolar Disorder causes people to swing between extreme, severe and typically sustained mood states which affect their energy levels, attitudes, behavior and ability to function. More...

Depression: Major Depression & Unipolar Varieties. This topic center is a comprehensive overview of the unipolar mood disorders with an emphasis on the causes of and treatments for depression. More...

Memory Problems. There are things you can do to improve your memory. Through practice of mental and other activities, a variety of efforts can be made to lessen memory problems. More...

Mental Disorders. In this family of topic centers, you will find information concerning various mental disorders. More...

Mental Retardation (Intellectual Disabilities). This topic center provides a comprehensive survey and description of Mental Retardation covering causes, assessment and diagnosis and the wide variety of medical, educational occupational and psychosocial treatments available. More...

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is an anxiety disorder resulting in recurrent and unwanted ideas or impulses and an urge or compulsion to do something to relieve the discomfort caused by the obsession. More...

Stress Reduction and Management. A comprehensive overview of how to reduce stress. We cover the nature of stress, and the many different methods people can use to reduce and manage their stress. More...

Psychopaths May Lack Understanding of Social Contracts: Study
Normal notions of cheating, precautions seem to elude them, study finds. More...
As Clocks Fall Back on Sunday, Think About Better Sleep
Time change offers chance to try to improve on slumber, experts say. More...
Research Suggests Link Between 'Handedness' and Dyslexia
Finding based on scan of genomes of 192 children with reading difficulties. More...
U.S. Obesity Rate May Hit 42% by 2050
Researchers say the more obese people you know, the greater your chances of gaining weight. More...

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