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State of Alabama Department of Mental Health Commissioner James Perdue spokeWednesday at a town hall in Selma.
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Commissioner of State Mental Health speaks at town hallPublished 9:14pm Wednesday, July 6, 2016
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State of Alabama Department of Mental Health representatives visited Selma to raise awareness and to discusslocal needs.
Commissioner James Perdue spoke during a town hall meeting on Wednesday at the Carl C. Convention Centerto help initiate change for mental health in the state.
“What we are trying to do is have town hall meetings to discuss the needs of mental health, to make surecommunities are aware and then they can take their awareness to the legislators,” Perdue said.
Perdue discussed the current crisis in the state such as people on waiting lists for help; the overflow of people inprison who aren’t receiving proper mental health or substance abuse services; and the number of children whomay not be receiving services or the proper amount of services to make any difference.
Toward the end of the meeting, people were asked to take a quick group survey. The questions asked theparticipants whether or not they believe additional services are needed for developmentally or intellectuallydisabled in the area; how important it is to improve access; to rate the community police, court and jails on howthey handle individuals with mental illness; and other questions.
“At the end of this, we hope to have a summit in Birmingham that will bring all of the efforts together and talkabout the legislation that might be required to help solve some of this or some of the funding requirements thatmight be needed,” Perdue said.
Lafon Barlow, Cahaba Center for Mental Health executive director, said the meeting was beneficial for her andher staff to understand current situations with the state and to express the needs of the local area.
Barlow said transportation and access are two of the issues the area currently faces.
“If we did not run the buses that we run, then people would not get to services,” Barlow said. “But access,getting people in quickly is critical.”
Barlow said Cahaba Center would like to improve its access for walkins and to have service comparable to anurgent care. Right now, services must be scheduled weeks in advance.
Barlow said open access services is something the center is working toward currently and hopes it to be fullyoperational in the fall.
So far, the commissioner has visited six different towns and will continue to hold town meetings until Septemberin both rural and metropolitan areas.
“Mental health affects every family, every community and every county across the state,” Perdue said. “I believeeverything we talked about can be solved.”
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