The Mental Health Center Of Greater Manchester Inc

Programs: Case management - mental health services to individuals the mental health center of greater manchester (mhcgm) is a private non- profit system of comprehensive mental health services offering highly accessible mental health counseling services and programs for individuals and families aimed at putting our clients on a path to wellness. Mhcgm operates over 30 programs and is the largest provider of outpatient behavioral health services in new hampshire, and is affiliated with the department of psychiatry at dartmouth medical school. Mhcgm provides a broad range of services to approximately 4,600 people who have a serious and/or persistent mental illness. Mhcgm serves over 11,000 individuals, including veterans and their families, some 800 seniors, and 2,000 children and adolescents.

child & adolescent services one in five children ages 13-18 have or will have a diagnosable mental illness. Mhcgm employs an expert team of child therapists, psychiatrists and other mental health professionals trained to treat serious emotional and behavioral issues in children and adolescents. Following a thorough evaluation, mhcgm will develop an individualized treatment plan that can be provided either on-site or in the home and community. During fiscal year 2017, mhcgm worked with 1,748 child and adolescent patients, and provided 38,840 services to this group.

vocational services - sheltered workshop, client run businesses and integrated employee placement and support vocational services ips is an evidence-based model that assists clients in finding meaningful, integrated, and competitive employment in the community. It emphasizes job development, rapid job search, time-unlimited follow along supports, client preference, and zero exclusion criteria. Vocational specialists work side by side with clients in the community to assist them in reaching their job goals, assist in managing work incentives, and develop job leads utilizing face-to-face job development with competitive employers. Ips vocational specialist also works collaboratively with vocational rehabilitation for clients who would choose to return to school or require other types of support not within the ips model. The ips team serves all css and medication services clients at the center. Clients are screened for and referred to ips directly from intake or at any time during treatment - including self-referral. Amongst participants in ips, there is a 70% employment rate on average as compared to the national average employment rate of individuals with smi/spmi at 25%.

elderly, emergency services, vocational services, non-eligibles, asertive community treatment ( act ) teams, community residences & support, housing outreach team, inshape healthy choices/healthy changes program, and other programs mhcgm operates the cypress center, a 16-bed acute psychiatric residential treatment program that serves as one of the three remaining designated receiving facilities for adults in new hampshire. Our division of emergency services /crisis stabilization & interim care (es) provides 6,700 crisis evaluations / emergency interventions at the emergency department of two community hospitals, the elliot hospital and catholic medical center. Es operates 24 hours per day, 7 days a week and offers a daytime walk-in center along with follow-up crisis stabilization services and interim outpatient care. For person(s) experiencing crisis in the community, mhcgm offers the mobile crisis response team, a program designed to provide a quick and seamless response through the deployment of mental health clinicians and peer support/recovery coaches. Mhcgm operates 3 residential programs with a capacity for 50 residents. Mhcgm also has a long standing contract with the nh bureau of drug and alcohol services to provide treatment to adolescents and young adults who are at risk or who are addicted to substances.