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Crisis Intervention

This is a 24-hour, 365 days a year program in which on-call crisis counselors will respond to crisis calls in Saline, Gallatin and White Counties. If a person is in need of crisis intervention after office hours, they may call the Saline County Sheriff's department at 252-8661. At that time the crisis counselor will be notified. The crisis counselor will respond to crisis calls at local hospitals or police departments. The crisis counselor will respond to all mental health emergencies (assessment for psychiatric hospitalizations) and youth intervention (child/youth refusing to return home or lockout by parents). All non-emergency calls should be handled during office hours.

Psychiatric and Psychological

This is a program designed for anyone in the community who needs a psychological evaluation or assessment.

Substance Abuse Programs

Outpatient counseling is available for adults and adolescents, and substance abusers or persons whose lives are impacted by substance abuse. Counseling takes place in the form of individual and group counseling, family counseling, and referral to appropriate self-help groups. Referrals are taken from self or family, criminal justice systems, schools and other organizations.

Outpatient Mental Health

Services include individual counseling, family counseling, and group services. Referrals are taken through self-referrals, social service agencies, DCFS, law enforcement, probation, etc. There are no age restrictions for counseling. Clients should be exhibiting difficulties in their daily lives, which are interfering with the ability to function in a normal manner. All clients go through an intake process and are administered a Comprehensive Mental Health Assessment.
Alternative Housing offers counseling, case management and money management services to mental health clients in the community. Transportation, grocery shopping, and budgeting are a part of the key services provided. Services are primarily off-site in the client's home or in the community. To be eligible, clients must be 18 or above and have an Axis I, DSM-IV diagnosis. Priority goes to those recently discharged from Choate or an open client of EHD.

Intensive Case Management

This provides linkage following discharge from Choate, counseling, case management, and other intensive services to clients discharged from state operated facilities, or clients with multiple hospitalizations. Services are provided off-site in the home or community.

Mental Health Service/Sustaining Care

This is a program designed to stabilize clients in their environment. All services are done in the community. To be eligible, one must be a former client now residing in a long-term care facility within our three-county area, a client who needs assistance in order to utilize social service programs in the community, or a client who needs occasional home visits to minimize the frequency of relapse into the acute stages of chronic mental illness, and to monitor the level of functioning.

Psychosocial Rehabilitation (PSR)

PSR is an adult, therapeutic treatment program for those over 18 who need more structure in their lives. Group counseling includes coping skills, money management, community integration, vocational opportunities, music and art therapy, socialization, communication, and other identified needs. Programming is available Monday through Friday, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Mental Health Groups

Different types of mental health groups are offered at EHD, such as: Journey through Grief; Parenting Classes; Anger Control Group, Trauma and Recovery; and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy.

Screening Assessment and Support Services

Screening Assessment and Support Services provides services to children/teens who have been diagnosed as seriously emotionally disturbed. Screening and Assessment for hospitalization is done to determine eligibility for program. Counselors/Therapists follow up with Support Services throughout hospitalization and once child is discharged or deemed eligible for services. Some of the services provided include: intensive counseling sessions, respite care, mentoring, case management and socialization.

Youth Mental Health Counseling

This program is designed to provide specialized outpatient mental health counseling/therapy services to youth and their families. Counseling services can take place in an office setting, at school, or in the home based on family need. Services may include: individual, family, or group counseling/therapy; crisis intervention; case management; and advocacy.

System of Care Program (SOC)

The SOC program is a community-based system that provides an array of critical, intensive therapeutic interventions and/or facilitation services to emotionally and behaviorally disturbed children and adolescents who are wards of DCFS. The goal of the SOC program is to stabilize the placement of these youth. Services include: crisis intervention, individual counseling/ therapy, case management, coordination of service delivery, advocacy, service brokerage, respite, and case consultation.

Youth Intervention Program (DFI & CCBYS)

The goal of this program is to help the family remain together by learning how to live hannoniously. This learning process includes counseling for children & family separately & together, conducted by professional child counselors in the program. Group activities are developed to instruct the youth in socialization skills and interaction with their peers. Referrals to Youth Services come from local schools, law enforcement, probation, and from parents.

Family Connections

The Family Connections program provides services to any child exhibiting social, emotional and/or behavioral problem impacting negatively on school performance. Services provided through Family Connections include educational support, mentoring/recreation, case management, home visitation, and advocacy.

Community Support

CS is a program designed to assist adults with mental illness who are at risk for psychiatric hospitalization. Counselors and technicians are available to provide educational classes about mental illness, and help individuals represent themselves within their community. Services are available on a daily basis.