I attended an excellent meeting today of the Georgia Mental Health Services Coalition in Atlanta. Dr. Frank Shelp was our speaker. He is the newly appointed director of the department that will be overseeing mental health in Georgia beginning July 1.
Dr. Shelp called for a “broader conversation about issues,” citing the opportunity to [...]
Dr. Frank Shelp meets with Mental Health Services Coalition
Mental Health Awards Banquet
Our Annual Mental Health Awards Banquet will be held on Tuesday, June 30, beginning at 6 pm, at Milledge Avenue Baptist Church. Lindsey’s Culinary Market will be catering our barbecue dinner.
Awards will be presented by both Mental Health America of Northeast Georgia and Advantage Behavioral Health Systems.
The deadline for tickets is Wednesday, [...]
Ben Fairaday Band at Little Kings for MHA
Another great band at our “Blues to Fight the Blues” benefit on May 16 was The Ben Fairaday Band. I failed to get a photo of them onstage, but I caught Ben himself enjoying another act later in the evening.
A great bunch of guys, the Ben Fairaday Band put on a genuine blues show [...]
Jeff Evans & Friends at our BLUES event
Jeff is a friend of a friend. I was glad that he called and wanted to play for our Blues benefit in mid-May.
I had never heard him play before. His band is awesome and delivers a full rockhouse sound.
I was really impressed with the energy that they brought to [...]
CORN HOLE!
In addition to the Blues Shows we did last weekend, we hosted a Cornhole Tournament at Little Kings Shuffle Club in downtown Athens, GA.
These two guys–whose names I failed to get–were our winners.
Only a few people came out for the event, but a good time was had by those who did take part.
If [...]
Royal Blue & the Stone Grifters
The last full band to perform for our BLUES TO FIGHT THE BLUES Benefit last Friday night was Royal Blue and the Stone Grifters.
Dude.
These guys were awesome. They’re a party band. They brought their own groupies.
Our two-night show at Little Kings Shuffle Club only netted a little over a hundred dollars by the [...]
Friday the Fifteenth
Today is the Feast Day of St. Dymphna, the patroness of mental health. It is also the first day of our Benefit at Little Kings in Downtown Athens.
Savannah’s Mental Health Hospital to Remain Open
At our Board meeting tonight, I heard some positive information about Frank Shelp. I got home later and read this story:
The new director of a new state agency for mental health is wasting no time making his mark on the state’s mental health system. Governor Sonny Perdue appointed Doctor Frank Shelp to head the [...]
Governor Re-Organizes Georgia’s Mental Health System
This press release was received yesterday:
Monday, May 4, 2009
*Governor Signs Legislation to Restructure the Department of Human Resources*
ATLANTA – Governor Sonny Perdue today signed House Bill 228, reorganizing the Department of Human Resources (DHR) and the Department of Community Health (DCH) and creating a new Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities. HB [...]
Legal Implications of Mental Health Issues
Taken from Human Resource Executive Online.
The top three questions employers have pertaining to mental health and the workplace are posed and answered by an employment-law expert.
By Robert Fisher
Although the law generally treats mental impairments the same as physical ones, employees with mental-health-related issues present unique challenges for employers.
Mental impairments differ greatly in [...]
