Opening Doors to Recovery
Opening Doors to Recovery is a project to provide case management and mental health services to adults with mental illness in southeast Georgia, United States. The project is led by National Alliance on Mental Illness Georgia and funded by several private and public organization. Emory University and the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (DHBDD) are also participants in the project.[1]
Funders of the project include Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation,[1] the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, and CSX Transportation.[2] Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter has endorsed the program.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation: Supporting Innovations in Mental Health in Georgia". 2010. Retrieved 2012-08-27.
- ^ "CSX Joins Mental Health Initiative in Southeast Georgia". 25 March 2011. Retrieved 2012-08-27.
- ^ "Rosalynn Carter endorses Opening Doors to Recovery project". 2012-02-21. Retrieved 2012-08-27.
Further reading
[edit]- Compton, Michael T.; Dana Hankerson-Dyson; Beth Broussard; Benjamin G. Druss; Nora Haynes; Pat Strode; Catharine Grimes; Charles Li; June A. DiPolito; Glyn V. Thomas (2011). "Public-Academic Partnerships: Opening Doors to Recovery: A Novel Community Navigation Service for People With Serious Mental Illnesses". Psychiatric Services. 62 (11): 1270–1272. doi:10.1176/appi.ps.62.11.1270.
- Phillips, Rich (21 August 2012). "Navigating the mentally ill away from jail". CNN. Retrieved 2012-08-27.