On January 18, 2010, South Fulton Medical Center opened one of the area’s newest Adult Behavioral Health Services Units. This well-appointed, 20-bed unit provides crisis stabilization, medication management, and 24-hour care to adults ages 18 to 64 with acute, life-threatening psychiatric disorders including, but not limited to the following:

• Alcohol and drug abuse
• Anxiety
• Bipolar disorder
• Depression
• Dissociative disorders
• Obsessive-compulsive disorder
• Post-traumatic stress disorder
• Schizophrenia
• Other disorders that impair thought processes

Delivering short-term and intensive treatment in a caring and confidential manner, the South Fulton Behavioral Health Services Unit provides:

• Crisis stabilization
• Diagnostic evaluation
• Family evaluation and education
• Inpatient psychiatric treatment
• Inpatient medically supervised drug and alcohol detoxification
• Inpatient drug and alcohol rehabilitation treatment
• Medication management and education
• Outcome goal setting
• Stress management and relaxation technique groups
• Access to internal medicine, neurology, diagnostic imaging, laboratory, radiology, EEG and EKG services, as needed

The unit is staffed by a multidisciplinary team of experienced professionals representing the primary mental health disciplines:

• Registered nurses
• Social workers
• Substance abuse counselors
• Activities therapists
• Mental health technicians

For more information or to make a referral, please call the Behavioral Health Services Unit at (404) 466-2600.