Stabilized Services
Stabilized services include programs such as adult and children's
outpatient therapy, case
management, aftercare, and partial
hospitalization. These services are provided in order to help the
client/consumer to achieve or maintain emotional stability in a least restrictive
setting. 
Outpatient
therapy available through DCMHS is provided by experienced and qualified
clinicians, ranging from Psychologists to Social Workers to Professional
Counselors. Problems in living, relationship difficulties, depression,
anxiety disorders and personality problems are commonly addressed through
individual and group therapy. DCMHS clinicians work with all ages and utilize
a variety of theoretical and therapeutic strategies to assist the consumer.
When appropriate, consumers may also be referred to one of the DCMHS Psychiatrists
or Medical consultants for medication evaluation and monitoring.
Case Management
is a program in which consumers with serious on-going mental illness are
assigned a worker who will visit them in their home on a regular basis,
refer and link them to community services (e.g., education, housing, medical
care, legal aide, etc.), provide monitoring and follow-up activities, and
offer advocacy and transportation assistance. The guiding principle in
Case Management is that the consumer will be enabled to live more successfully
in the community. Case management services are offered to children and
adults, including those with developmental disabilities.
When a consumer has undergone treatment at an inpatient facility,
such as the Mississippi State Hospital, their stable return into the community
is facilitated by our Aftercare programs. Aftercare will typically involve
providing the consumer with a Case 
Manager,
arranging for medication needs to be met reliably, and ensuring that therapeutic
services are available to the consumer.
Partial Hospitalization, also known as "Clubhouse" (pictured
right), is a psycho-social rehabilitation program for seriously mentally
ill adults. The Clubhouse program operates Monday through Friday from 8:30
am to 1:30 pm in the Greenville and Rolling Fork facilities. In Cleveland,
we have 2 separate Clubhouses, one of which 
operates
from 7:30 am to 12:30 pm and the other which operates from 12:30 pm to
5:30 pm. In all of the programs, the main focus is to prepare consumers
for eventual work placement in the community. While at Clubhouse, consumers/members
work in various units (Kitchen, Snack Bar, Clerical, Maintenance, &
Thrift Shop) in order to learn good work habits, improve interpersonal
skills, and develop increased personal responsibility. Clubhouse also provides
socialization opportunities through after-hour activities and functions.
Members also have an opportunity to obtain their GED through the Clubhouse
program. By participation in the Clubhouse program, we have found that
consumers are less likely to require more intensive services such as hospitalization
or commitment.