mental health agency headlines for
Friday, 29 August 2008 04:35 am
Geographic reach challenges mental health board (Smoky Mountain News)
27 Aug 2008 at 11:25am
The newer members on the board of the Sylva-based Smoky Mountain Center for Mental Health, the state?s largest mental health agency, are struggling to understand what has caused longer-serving board members to start questioning the actions of agency director Tom McDevitt.
Perdue seeks to reorganize mental health services (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
26 Aug 2008 at 11:35am
Gov. Sonny Perdue wants to reorganize Georgia's social services agencies, creating a separate department to oversee the perpetually troubled state psychiatric hospitals and other mental health services. In a news conference today, Perdue endorsed recommendations from a study group to create three new departments from the two that now provide social and health-care services: the Department of ...
Georgia social services agency to get makeover (Macon Telegraph)
27 Aug 2008 at 3:09am
Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue on Tuesday announced plans to shake up the state bureaucracy that oversees health and social services programs, creating a new agency to take the helm of Georgia's troubled mental health system.
Ga. agency to get makeover (AccessNorthGA)
26 Aug 2008 at 10:40am
ATLANTA (AP) Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue wants to create a new state agency to deal with mental health and addictive disease programs. At a state Capitol news conference Tuesday, Perdue endorsed the findings of a task force he appointed in February. It calls for a new Department of Behavioral Health.
