Source: EIS Quarterly Report, DBHDD - Office of Addictive Disease
May is Mental Health Awareness Month! To spread awareness in the community, Unison Behavioral Health has partnered with several establishments by distributing big green bows to display on their doors and windows. In the United States, almost half of adults will experience a mental illness in their lifetime. Half of all mental disorders begin by age 14; Three quarters begin by age 24. In the US, only 41% of the people who had a mental illness in the past year received professional health care or other services. Unison’s goal for Mental Health Awareness Month is to decrease the stigma surrounding mental illness and encourage those suffering to seek professional treatment & services. For more information about our services, please call us at 1-800-342-8168.
Pictured: Danielle Reid, Waycross Fire Chief David Eddins, Natasha Herrin, Allie Dixon
Pictured: Natasha Herrin, Danielle Reid, Waycross Police Chief Tony Tanner
The 1st Annual Community Mental Health Fair was held on Saturday, May 18th at the Central Square Complex Gym in downtown Douglas, GA. We are thrilled to have had over 30 exhibitors who provided a variety of excellent resources regarding mental health services to over 100 attendees! The City of Douglas provided everyone with free hotdogs, chips, and popcorn, and 22 lucky winners walked away with awesome door prizes!! We would like to send out a huge thank you to our sponsors: Premium Waters Inc., McCrae Coca-Cola, Broadcast South LLC., The City of Douglas, Compassionate Behavioral Health, Coastal Harbor Health System, Diversified Resources, Greenleaf, Magnolia House, Smile Doctors, and S. GA Area Agency on Aging. We are already looking forward to next year’s event!
Here a link to a great article through the Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities featuring Alan Bitaker that we really want to share...
Unison’s Intensive Case Management Team was recently recognized by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities for the great job they do with linkage and engagement. We appreciate the outstanding job they do linking our clients to available resources and engaging them in their communities!
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Unison Behavioral Health is a leading provider of mental health, substance abuse and developmental disability services in southeast Georgia, serving residents in Atkinson, Bacon, Brantley, Charlton, Clinch, Coffee, Pierce, and Ware Counties. Unison Behavioral Health is not affiliated with the Unison Behavioral Health Group of Ohio.
