Children’s Art Contest
In honor of Children’s Mental Health Month in May, DeKalb CSB will be hosting a children’s art contest at the Clifton Springs and Winn Way facilities. Deadline for entry is Friday, April 29th. See the information below and contact your therapist for more information.
Do You Know What Mental Illness Feels Like?
We often hear the clinical terms used by doctors and other professionals to identify the symptoms of mental illnesses…but if someone hasn’t gone through it, would they know how to recognize it? So often, clinical terms don’t do justice to what life with a mental illness feels like. We know that two people with the same diagnosis […]
New Location! Practical Mental Health Ethics Training
Due to unexpected flooding and water line repairs, tomorrow’s Practical Mental Health Ethics: Applications For A Fast Changing World Training has been relocated next door to the DeKalb Addiction Clinic located at 455 Winn Way, Decatur, Georgia 30030. As a reminder, registration opens at 8:30am and the training will run from 9:00am – 3:30pm. Click […]
DeKalb Community Service Board Awarded Three-Year CARF Accreditation
ATLANTA – May 31, 2016 – CARF International announced that DeKalb Community Service Board (CSB) has been accredited for a period of three years. The latest accreditation is the fourth consecutive Three-Year Accreditation that the international accrediting body, CARF, has awarded to DeKalb CSB. This accreditation decision represents the highest level of accreditation that can […]
Registration Now Open! TeleMental Health Treatment & Ethics Training
TeleMental Health Treatment and Ethics: What Clinicians Need to Know Saturday, August 20, 2016 9:00 am – 4:30 pm Presenter: Jeff Ashby, Ph. D., ABPP Bohan Auditorium, 445 Winn Way Decatur, GA 30030 Six (6) CEU ‘s approved for through the Georgia Society for Clinical Social Work. Register today for the TeleMental Health Treatment and Ethics Training […]
DeKalb CSB Names Fabio Van Der Merwe Chief Operating Officer
ATLANTA, Georgia – July 5, 2016 – DeKalb Community Service Board (CSB), a public, nonprofit treatment provider of community-based behavioral health and developmental disability services, located in DeKalb County, has appointed Fabio Van Der Merwe to its leadership team as Chief Operating Officer. In his role, Van Der Merwe will be responsible for overseeing, developing, […]
Learn Mindfulness 101 in Two Easy Steps
The power to be mindful and be present at the moment may be one’s greatest asset and each one of us will be helped by being more mindful at whatever we do. And the good news is- it can be learned.
Notice of Budget Public Hearing & July Board Meeting Announced
DeKalb Community Service Board (CSB) will conduct a public hearing on the agency budget. Interested parties who would like to comment on the budget can do so either in person or in writing. The hearing will be held on July 14, 2016, at 6:00pm at the DeKalb Community Service Board, 445 Winn Way, 4th Floor, […]
Shift Work Challenges to Health and Wellness
Anyone that has ever done shift work knows how disruptive these variable shifts can be to a person’s well-being and overall health. In one study, researchers in Denmark found that women who worked night shifts were up to four times more likely to develop breast cancer than women who didn’t work nights. With about 22 million […]
Management of Depression by Dr. Paul
Depression is a serious and debilitating illness that the World Health Organization (WHO) reports that around 350 million people suffer from, yet the cause remains unknown. This makes Depression the second leading cause of disability worldwide. It is important to diagnose and treat depression at the earliest sign. If left untreated, Depression impairs social, family, […]
