CLINICAL SERVICES PROGRAMS |
| Colonial Heights Dinwiddie Emporia Greensville Hopewell Petersburg Prince George Surry Sussex Substance Abuse and Jail Services |
Terri Wulf-Heller, MSW, LCSW, Director E-mail: theller@d19csb.com 20 W. Bank Street, Suite 6 Petersburg, Virginia 23803 Phone: (804)862-8002 Fax: (804)862-8060 |
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District 19's Clinical Services Division offers the following Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Services:
Mental Health Case Management Services
Mental Health Case Management Services are available for adults with problems relating to mental health or children who have, or are at risk of developing mental health or behavioral problems. These services provide the following:
Mental Health Outpatient Services
Mental Health Outpatient Services provide a structured, supportive environment for learning and enhancing social and life skills. A multidisciplinary team offers psycho-educational, cognitive-behavioral, psycho-dynamic and psycho-social groups, in the following areas:
Mental Health Residential Support Services
Mental Health Residential Support Services provides an array of supports to consumers with mental illnesses to assist them in the areas of activities of daily living, community integration, money management, nutrition, medication management, interpersonal skills, etc.
This service is provided throughout the District 19 catchment area and is usually provided in the consumer's home and community. Staff are based out of the Dinwiddie, Emporia/Greensville, Hopewell and Petersburg Counseling Centers.
Psychiatric and Nursing Services
Psychiatric and Nursing Services provides consumers with diagnostic assessments and evaluations, education regarding mental illness and medication issues, medication management, drug and alcohol screenings, prescriptions, medication administration, injections, lab work, consultations with other members of multi-disciplinary team, consultation and referral to outside health care providers and staff and community training. Psychiatric and Nursing Services also provides consultation to District 19 Substance Abuse and Mental Retardation Services. Services are provided by registered nurses and by both child and adult psychiatrists.
Medication management can is an important component of consumer care. Medication management improves the quality of care by:
Mission Statement: It is District 19 CSB's mission to provide residents of our localities with substance abuse treatment and intervention. Emphasis is placed on treating and developing the whole person in the context of the family unit and the community. Our philosophy is to enhance the person's overall level of functioning so that s/he can be self sufficient, independent and live in the least restrictive environment.
Services provided:
Substance Use Disorders Intensive Outpatient Program
The Faces of Change is a three-day per week intensive outpatient program (IOP) for individuals with substance use disorders. This IOP has four phases totaling twenty-weeks and is being offered during both the morning and evening hours. The program schedule is based on the Matrix treatment model and focuses on abusers achieving total abstinence from drugs and alcohol. Faces of Change focuses on early recovery skills and techniques, family education, relapse prevention and social support. In addition, emphasis is placed on vocational and social reintegration. The theoretical perspective to treatment is based on the assumption that addiction and relapse develop from biological, psychological and social factors.
The Gorski Relapse Prevention Program relapse prevention program is a sixteen week program, one day a week, offering morning or evening classes. Primarily places focus on relapse and prevention modules that address issues of abstinence and sobriety. This group is designed to explore foundations to establish rationale for prevention by crisis stabilization, recovery outlooks and development of support systems to deter use. It is taught from a therapeutic and educational perspective addressing early stages associated with use and experimentation.
The Cannabis Youth Treatment Program is an eight week educational program for teens meeting once per week, with classes for both young men and young women, designed to help increase self-awareness and knowledge in order to assist teens in making more informed decisions regarding the negative consequences of substance use.
The Co-Occurring Program is a structured group process focuses on the unique treatment needs of individuals with both mental health diagnoses and substance use (abuse or dependence) disorders. This program is a minimum of twelve weeks with additional time provided based upon the specific needs of participants. The program is didactic, therapeutic and includes a 12 step recovery meeting focusing on dual recovery. The co-occurring program is designed to work in collaboration with case management and/or other intensive services that participants may be receiving.
Counseling and educational services around substance issues are available to local jails in the District 19 area. The purpose is to begin the rehabilitation and recovery process of incarcerated individuals whose substance abuse has played a role in their involvement with the criminal justice system. Consumers in jail who are interested in participating in drug education classes will submit a request to the jail staff which is give to the D19 CSB counselor to complete a screening on the consumer to determine eligibility for substance abuse services.
Services provided:
Updated October 23, 2008
