Board Work Responsibilities Translate into Services

The Mental Health & Recovery Board of Portage County fulfills its responsibilities to
county residents by providing and maintaining the following services:

• Mental health diagnosis and treatment for adults, children and teens

• Access to hospitalization when appropriate for adults and youth

• Access to temporary crisis residential care for adults

• Pre-discharge planning and aftercare for people who have been hospitalized

• Adult, youth community support: the comprehensive management of a client's care

• Vocational programs for persons with mental disabilities

• Adult partial hospitalization programs providing intensive education and therapy

• Treatment for alcohol and drug abuse for adults and teens

• Treatment for persons with mental illness combined with alcohol/drug addiction

• Halfway house programs for women in recovery from alcohol/drug addiction

• Inpatient detoxification for adults

• Mental health and alcohol/drug abuse prevention and education

• Consultation with schools, law enforcement, other agencies about community
  members with mental health and recovery problems

• Mental health services to adults and children involved in domestic violence

• Medication services for serious mental illness, such as schizophrenia,
  maniac depression, clinical depression and anxiety disorders

• Housing programs for persons with mental illness
   

   The Mental Health & Recovery Board of Portage County
PO Box 743, Kent Ohio 44240
An equal opportunity service provider and employer
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