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June 30, 2015 Uncategorized
NWI.com
Story Posted: 06/30/2015

GARY | To reduce the burden on local hospital emergency rooms and jails, a local mental-health agency this week opened a new facility to provide “rapid access” to adults with mental illnesses.

Edgewater Behavioral Health Services unveiled its Rapid Access Center on Tuesday in Gary. The new facility, which opens Wednesday, is comparable to what an urgent-care center is to the medical field, providing crisis-stabilization services for people with mental-health or substance-abuse problems.

“We want to keep people out of jail if it’s unnecessary, or out of the emergency room if it’s unnecessary, because those services are very costly,” said Dr. Danita Johnson Hughes, president and CEO of Gary-based Edgewater Behavioral Health Services.  Click Here for the Full Article.



January 31, 2015 Uncategorized
Gary Crusader.com
Story Posted: 01/31/2015
Influential women of Northwest Indiana donates $8,000 to local charities
Influential Women of Northwest Indiana is proud to award $8,000 to four local charities associated with the United Ways serving Lake and Porter Counties.

This year’s incredible recipients were: Dunes Learning Center, Edgewater Behavioral Health Services, The Salvation Army, and Franciscan Alliance’s St. Monica Home.  Click Here for the Full Article.



June 21, 2014 Uncategorized

Filling Mental Health Service Gaps is Necessary by Dr. Danita Johnson-Hughes

“It appears that on a regular basis we now hear news accounts of individuals, in the midst of a psychiatric crisis, who severely wound or kill others, often before taking their own lives.

These types of incidents have served to put a spotlight on the nation’s mental health system. Yes, people who commit these atrocities are most likely mentally ill. How else could they do what they do?