Highland Rivers Behavioral Health

Opinion February 18, 2023

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…

Behavioral Health January 7, 2023

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…

Guest Article December 15, 2022

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…

Pictured in photo is Princess Odom, MFT, YT, CAMS-II, Clinical Program Coordinator of MMAC; graduate Katrina Tillman; and Cobb Chairwoman Lisa Cupid.

Behavioral Health December 8, 2022

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…

Guest Opinion November 21, 2022

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…

Health Care November 3, 2022

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…

Health Care October 7, 2022

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,…

Health Care October 2, 2022

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…

Health Care September 14, 2022

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…

Health Care July 8, 2022

July brings good news for Georgia’s mental health system

By Melanie Dallas, LPC Although July is usually regarded as a slow summer month, there are many new and important happenings in Georgia this July. Actually, July 1 is the…

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Health Care cost December 18, 2024

5 of the most frustrating health insurer tactics and why they exist

by Monica S. Aswani, University of Alabama at Birmingham and Paul Shafer, Boston University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The U.S. has made great progress…

Health Care December 18, 2024

Vaccine misinformation distorts science – a biochemist explains how RFK Jr. and his lawyer’s claims threaten public health

by Mark R. O’Brian, University at Buffalo, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Vaccinations provide significant protection for the public against infectious diseases and substantially reduce…

Food science December 18, 2024

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