Georgia Halts Admissions at Central State Hospital
OPEN MINDS Weekly News Wire Mental Health & Chemical Dependency Services The Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Development Disabilities (DBHDD) halted admissions at Central State Hospital, its largest psychiatric hospital after a federal U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) inspection found problems with patient violence, dangerous conditions, and inadequate mental health treatment. While admissions are closed, new civil patients are being diverted to the stateÂ’s other mental health hospitals or to community-based services. Central State will continue to accept forensic patients. DBHDD assumed management of Central StateÂ’s forensic program from Central State Hospital administrators on July . . .
