The Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities was created last year as part of a reorganization of the former Department of Human Resources. - Jennifer Maddox Parks
By Jennifer Maddox Parks
The Albany Herald
July 18, 2010
ALBANY, Ga. — The Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Development Disabilities has had a very active 12 months, and they don’t anticipate things calming down anytime soon.
DBHDD Commissioner Dr. Frank Shelp, while on a road trip to Southwest Georgia, provided an update on how the department is doing and what it has in store for the future.
Perhaps the biggest item of concern is the department’s ongoing dispute with the U.S. Department of Justice regarding the safety of Georgia’s seven state-run hospitals.
The Justice Department Civil Rights Division announced in January that it had filed for immediate relief to protect individuals in the psychiatric hospitals, at which time it contended there was imminent and serious threat of harm to patients. That motion sought appointment of a monitor to set binding targets and timetables for reducing the number of residents at the hospitals and expanding appropriate community-based services.
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