AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF) – Serenity Behavioral Health Systems held a ribbon cutting for their new Crisis Stabilization Unit on Mike Padgett Highway in Augusta on Wednesday, May 13.
The in-patient units will treat and assess people who are suffering from behavioral health issues, addictions, or at a crisis point.
The Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities provided nearly $15-million in funding to build the state-of-the-art facility.
“Basically, we’ll have a psychiatrist that can work with our people that come in and help them if they have an issue that is related to drugs or substance abuse, they can come in here,’ said Chuck Williamson, CEO of Serenity Behavioral Health Systems. “But if someone just has a mental breakdown, it doesn’t have anything to do with drugs. We can take care of those people as well.”
Williamson added the new facility also doubles the capacity to care for patients, taking a lot of the pressure off the courts, law enforcement and the jail system.
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