Adult Mental
Health Program: Admission, evaluation, inpatient treatment and
stabilization for adults with serious mental illness from 23 counties in
central Georgia. The Adult Mental Health Program is available through
CSH's Psychiatric Treatment &
Forensic Services.
Child and
Adolescent (C&A) Short-Term Mental Health Program: Admission,
evaluation, short-term acute inpatient treatment and stabilization for
children and adolescents under age 18 who are seriously emotionally
disturbed. The service area for adolescents (age 11 to 17) is 112 Georgia
counties and services are available, when necessary and appropriate, for
children (age 10 and under) from throughout Georgia. The C&A Short-Term
Mental Health Program is available through CSH's
Psychiatric Treatment & Forensic Services.
Developmental
Disabilities Program: 24-hour residential services for
individuals with mental retardation or related developmental disabilities
from throughout Georgia but primarily from central and west central
Georgia. Residential facilities include intermediate care facilities, a
nursing facility and transitional living homes on the hospital campus.
Off-unit programming opportunities, including a special education school,
a sheltered workshop, and other developmental and vocational programs, are
provided to teach each individual a variety of skills to improve his/her
level of daily functioning. The Developmental Disabilities Program is
available through CSH's
Developmental Disabilities Services.
Forensic
Program: Psychiatric evaluation and treatment in secure and
maximum secure units for clients referred from various components of the
state's criminal justice and corrections systems. Individuals served
include: those who are committed to CSH by the criminal justice system
from throughout the state for pre-trial psychiatric evaluation and/or
inpatient treatment; those who are have been found not guilty by reason of
insanity (NGRI) at the time of commission of a crime or mentally
incompetent to stand trial (IST); those who are admitted with hold orders
from jails for psychiatric evaluation, treatment and stabilization; and
those who are referred from Georgia Department of Corrections prisons for
inpatient psychiatric treatment. Court-ordered pre-trial evaluations are
also conducted on an outpatient basis in jails. The Forensic Program is
available through CSH's
Psychiatric Treatment &
Forensic Services.
Nursing
Home Program: Skilled and intermediate nursing home care for
clients with significant medical and nursing needs in addition to mental
illness or mental retardation/developmental disabilities. Requests for
admission to the Nursing Home are accepted from throughout the state but
should be submitted through a community service board (CSB). Applicants
for admission must meet the Georgia legal requirements for admission to
CSH in addition to the criteria for skilled or intermediate nursing care.
The Nursing Home Program is available through CSH's
Developmental Disabilities Services.
Community
Residential Program: Staffed residential homes and supports in
the community for individuals with developmental disabilities or mental
illness, developed and operated by CSH's Central Care Community Services.
The homes provide cost-effective alternatives to institutionalization and
opportunities for the individuals served to develop and realize new levels
of independence, responsibility and community involvement. The homes also
expand the available options for individuals and their families and
enhance the efforts of Central State Hospital and the state of Georgia to
comply with the Olmstead-U.S. Supreme Court decision. The Community
Residential Program currently includes 12 homes serving 42 individuals
with developmental disabilities or mental illness. Plans are to increase
the number of homes during fiscal year 2007 (July 2006 through June 2007).
Also, other community residential living arrangements are being considered
for individuals who attain the skills and level of functioning to move to
more independent settings. The Community Residential Program is available
through CSH’s
Central Care Community Services.
