by Melanie Dallas, LPC
Whenever I have the opportunity to go out and speak about Highland Rivers Behavioral Health services – to a community group, local elected officials, or community partners – invariably, someone will come up to me afterwards and say, “Wow, I had no idea Highland Rivers did all that!”
For that reason, from time to time I like to write about some of our specific programs, and in the past have written about our community-based services, peer services, youth services, services for individuals with disabilities, and much more. I do this not to ‘advertise’ our services, but because I want everyone to be aware of the important resources available for individuals and families who may have limited income, who are uninsured, or who have Medicaid or Medicare. As a Community Service Board and safety-net provider, these are Highland Rivers’ priority populations.
One service people may not realize Highland Rivers offers is residential substance use treatment, and we have several programs: Women’s Outreach, a 38-bed program for women, in Floyd County; Mothers Making a Change, a 20-bed program for women, in Cobb County; Highland Recovery Center, a 20-bed program for men, in Pickens County; Recovery in Motion, a 12-bed program for men and women, in Cobb County; and the George Hartmann Center, a 25-bed co-ed program for youth ages 13-17, in Cobb County. These programs are open to anyone living in the counties served by Highland Rivers.
These programs are comprehensive, and somewhat longer than you might expect. You may have heard about 30-day rehab programs, but we know that 30 days may not be enough. For example, many of the individuals who come to our residential programs have co-occurring mental health conditions, and may have started using substances to self-medicate, to manage the symptoms of their mental illness. So while stopping using substances is critical, it is also important for people to receive treatment for…
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