Gateway Behavioral Health Services of Camden recently announced the addition of new behavioral health services, including an open access program accepting walk-ins for new intake appointments and crisis/hospital discharge.
Beginning November 1, open access will be available on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 8:00 to 11:00 a.m. and on Tuesdays from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. Scheduled appointments may be made outside of these times. For information on this or any of the services below, please call (912) 576-4357.
The Camden center also started an intensive outpatient substance abuse group for adults who are on Medicaid or do not have insurance. The group is led by substance abuse counselor Vanessa Walker. She is also available for substance abuse assessments for adults or children.
Peer specialist Chris Baker runs a daily peer program which helps people with social skills and social support. They take weekly trips out into the community and learn skills like budgeting, shopping and socializing. Daily transportation to and from the group is available, and referrals are accepted on an ongoing basis.
Tiffany Lemery, Gateway of Camden’s case manager, meets Medicaid or uninsured patients in the community or in their homes and helps them access disability, phone, employment, housing, food stamps and Medicaid services. She also assists individuals with life skills such as cleaning, budgeting and other activities of daily living.
The center has also started new groups for both anger and pain management. For more information or to make a referral for any of these services, please call (912) 576-4357.
Gateway Behavioral Health Services is one of twenty-six community service boards in the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities’ statewide public safety network. Gateway serves individuals with mental health and addiction disorders and developmental disabilities in Bryan, Camden, Chatham, Effingham, Glynn, Liberty, Long and McIntosh counties.
