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Show Visitors Give Mental Health Excellent Rating On Alcohol Program FARMINGTON - State mental health officials have given an "excellent" rating to Davis County Mental Health operations after completing an on-site visit. THE OFFICIALS visited March 28-29 and evaluated the mental health program in virtually all its facets ranging from facilities to drug abuse and alcoholism programs. The agency received top ratings rat-ings for its emergency care, alcoholism program and coordination with other agencies. agen-cies. It garnered a "2" rating, meaning standards are being met in all other areas. Evaluators were presented with a 42-page packet outlining outlin-ing an overview of services available. AMONG SERVICES listed were classes in assertiveness training, dealing with how to develop confidence, self-esteem and communication skills, a divorce group, to provide support, practical information in-formation and counseling to separated and divorced people, marital enrichment and couples communication, meditation and relaxation, parents' support group and prevention and intervention. The report also outlined public relations available, including a speaker's bureau where 75 presentations were given on topics including child abuse, compulsive behavior eating, depression, depres-sion, stress, suicide and values. A SAMPLE program, emergency services, gained an excellent rating and have been set up "to provide immediate im-mediate and easily accessible crisis intervention and emergency emer-gency psychiatric evaluation and treatment on a 24-hour-per-day, seven days per week basis for area residents and , clients who may be enrolled in other mental health service programs," the on-site report said. Six psychotherapists rotate on-call time with the aid of three specialists in rape crisis and drug and alcohol. A psychiatrist backs up the other team. The emergency response team must remain in the county and respond to an emergency within three minutes. THOSE SEEKING help can call emergency response numbers connected with the Layton and Bountiful outpatient outpa-tient clinics during office hours, or can visit either site to receive attention. If help is needed when offices of-fices are closed, an answering service responds to the call, contacts an emergency staff member while the caller stays on the line and connects the staff member with the caller. Those on call carry pagettes and if the first person per-son called fails to respond, a backup person is contacted. SOME 663 calls were handled during 1978 and of those, 71 percent were from females. The largest segment of callers, 35 percent, were single, 31 percent married and 117 percent divorced while marital status was unknown for the remainder. Nearly nine of ten calls were by telephone, tb |
