March is National Disabilities Awareness Month
By Melanie Dallas, LPC My recent article about Lois Curtis – the Georgia woman who was plaintiff in a landmark Supreme Court decision affecting people with disabilities – provides good…
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Recognizing Georgia disability rights pioneer Lois Curtis
By Melanie Dallas, LPC [This guest article is by Melanie Dallas LPC, the CEO of Highland Rivers Behavioral Health] It is perhaps an odd twist of history that fewer people know…
Wishing you hope in the New Year
By Melanie Dallas, LPC If you were to browse any online news site or flip through the pages of most health and lifestyle magazines this time of year, you would…
2022 Year in review: growth, grants and a bright future
This guest article is by Melanie Dallas, LPC, CEO of Highland Rivers Behavioral Health It would be an understatement to say 2022 was a year of unprecedented change and growth…
Substance Use Recovery Means A New Life For Area Mothers
The following article was submitted by Highland Rivers Behavioral Health Marietta, GA: Twenty-one women graduated from Highland Rivers Behavioral Health’s Mothers Making A Change (MMAC) program this November in a…
David Ralston cared, and Georgia is the better for it
By Melanie Dallas, LPC I remember the first time I met Speaker David Ralston, though he was not yet Speaker. I had been working with the parent of a local…
Highland Rivers Behavioral Health’s FY22 annual report highlights innovation, looks ahead
[This guest article is by Melanie Dallas LPC, the CEO of Highland Rivers Behavioral Health] By Melanie Dallas, LPC If you’ve ever read an organization’s annual report, you know they…
Mental illness is common, but recovery is always possible
By Melanie Dallas, LPC The first week of October, this year the 2nd through 8th, is recognized as Mental Illness Awareness Week. And even though that may have already passed,…
Highland Rivers Behavioral Health gets $750,000 grant for veterans suicide prevention in Cherokee, Pickens counties
Highland Rivers Behavior Health, which provides behavioral and mental health services to Cobb and other counties in Georgia, distributed the following news release about a three-year renewable grant for suicide…
Highland Rivers Behavioral Health receives $500,000 grant for job re-entry program in Appalachian counties
Highland Rivers Behavioral Health, an agency serving Cobb and other Georgia counties, was awarded a $500,000 grant for workplace re-entry for people in recovery in the Appalachian counties the agency…