Cherokee Etowah Dekalb CMHC Etowah County Office

Cherokee Etowah Dekalb CMHC Etowah County Office

Services:
Facility Type
• Community mental health center

Age Groups Accepted

• Children/Adolescents
• Seniors
• Young Adults
• Adults

Facility Operation (e.g., Private, Public)

• Private non-profit organization

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking permitted in designated area

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• State education agency funds
• Community Mental Health Block Grants
• Medicare
• Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
• State corrections or juvenile justice funds
• State welfare or child and family services funds
• Private health insurance
• Medicaid
• State mental health agency (or equivalent) funds
• State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid
• Cash or self-payment
• U.S. Department of VA funds

Service Setting (e.g., Outpatient, Residential, Inpatient, etc.)

• Outpatient

Emergency Mental Health Services

• Psychiatric emergency onsite services
• Psychiatric emergency walk-in services
• Crisis intervention team

Language Services

• Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Children/adolescents with serious emotional disturbance (SED)

Education and Counseling Services

• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling

Recovery Support Services

• Mentoring/peer support
• Housing services

Type of Care

• Substance use treatment
• Treatment for co-occurring substance use plus either serious mental health illness in adults/serious emotional disturbance in children
• Mental health treatment

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping permitted in designated area

Payment Assistance Available

• Sliding fee scale (fee is based on income and other factors)

Pharmacotherapies

• Quetiapine
• Lurasidone
• Paliperidone
• Aripiprazole
• Cariprazine
• Brexpiprazole
• Fluphenazine
• Asenapine
• IIoperidone
• Clozapine
• Chlorpromazine
• Perphenazine
• Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI
• Olanzapine
• Haloperidol
• Risperidone
• Ziprasidone

Treatment Approaches

• Dialectical behavior therapy
• Abnormal involuntary movement scale
• Couples/family therapy
• Integrated Mental and Substance Use Disorder treatment
• Cognitive behavioral therapy
• Group therapy
• Individual psychotherapy
• Telemedicine/telehealth therapy

Ancillary Services

• Court-ordered outpatient treatment
• Case management service
• Supported housing
• Assertive community treatment
• Intensive case management