Polk Today: The next pandemic has already begun

Note: The following item was provided by Melanie Dallas, CEO of Highland Rivers Health. – KtE

July is Black, Indigenous and People of Color Mental Health Month

On July 12, some of Georgia’s leading behavioral health advocates held a press conference in the Capitol rotunda to raise awareness of the next pandemic that will affect our state: mental health...

Read more direct from the Source: https://polk.today/column-the-next-pandemic-has-already-begun/

Melanie Dallas is a licensed professional counselor and CEO of Highland Rivers Health, which provides treatment and recovery services for individuals with mental illness, substance use disorders, and intellectual and developmental disabilities in a 12-county region of northwest Georgia that includes Bartow, Cherokee, Floyd, Fannin, Gilmer, Gordon, Haralson, Murray, Paulding, Pickens, Polk and Whitfield counties.