Volunteer Behavioral Health Care System (VBHCS)

Medical services - volunteer provides psychiatric evaluations and medication management services performed by md's and nurse practitioners for population groups served within the volunteer system.

Outpatient services - outpatient services include several treatment components. Individual, family and couples therapy is available as part of outpatient services throughout the volunteer system. Volunteer has clinical staff trained in family therapy as well as expertise in treatment of marital and relationship issues. Individual therapy is available for children, adolescents and adults. Specialized group therapy is available at several locations. These include groups addressing attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, depression, anger management and sexual offender treatment.

Case management care coordination - case management is a series of actions taken whose major responsibilities are to help a client make informed choices, to assure timely and cost-effective access to quality services, and to help a client to make and/or take advantage of opportunities for growth and personal enhancement. Case managers help to arrange provision of medical, crisis, vocational and housing services as needed. Services include identifying needs and strengths, developing short and long term goals and assisting to access services required to accomplish those goals. Case management is provided throughout the volunteer system.