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Wraparound Vigo County hosts Children’s Mental Health Summit Day - May 4th, 2006

May is Mental Health Month and to celebrate On May 4th, 2006 4:00pm to 5:00pm, at the Vigo County School Corporation, Wraparound Vigo County is joining more than 60 other systems of care to participate in the second annual national Children’s Mental Health Summit Day.

Wraparound is the process of identifying family strengths and supports in the community and developing creative solutions. In Vigo County we do this by developing child and family teams that encourage collaboration with agencies, churches, schools, neighborhoods, families, and individuals in order to keep our local children at home, in school, and out of the court system.

Wraparound Vigo County will host the System of Care Awareness Event, in conjunction with Hamilton Center, Inc. and the Vigo County School Corporation. The event activities will include a welcome by Superintendent, Daniel Tanoos, and a recognition ceremony for Wraparound’s collaborating agencies for their support and effort on behalf of the families served by Wraparound Vigo County.

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Hamilton Center Inc. teams up with Putnam County Prosecutor’s Office to fight Meth - April 5, 2006

Dr. Bill Nunn, Judge Headley, Tim Bookwalter and other members of the legal system of Putnam County met last month regarding the mental health needs for Putnam County residents and the interactions between those needs and the legal system. A great deal of attention focused upon the issue of substance abuse, particularly the current epidemic of methamphetamine use, and how mental health providers and the legal system can work together to address this problem. Based on those discussions Putnam County Hamilton Center Staff Melanie Gibbs, Social Worker, Norm Warren, Case Manager and Dr. Bill Nunn, Program Manager, have developed a treatment model for review and consideration.

Hamilton Center firmly believes that the more support provided early in the recovery process, increases the chances of clients being successful in their recovery attempt. The program will function as an intervention for individuals who require more than one group session per week. Many of these individuals will be dealing with methamphetamine abuse and that most of them will be adjudicated. However, someone with another dependency or seeking treatment voluntarily would be treated as well. Dr. Nunn recommended Intensive Outpatient Group Therapy for a minimum of nine hours of weekly therapy with the possibility of additional contacts as needed.

Some of the goals of this intensive outpatient program are for the participants to become familiar with the medical aspects of stimulant abuse, cravings specific to stimulant abusers and ways to manage them. In addition they would work toward an improvement of their emotional and behavioral management skills. Other goals would be to begin a structured schedule of events, to learn more effective tools in dealing with stress and relapse as well as learn ways to improve communication skills and relationships.

The team is also looking at other possible interventions such as substance abuse treatment for individuals who are incarcerated and pre-release contacts to assist individuals in planning for and coordinating treatment after release in order to help reduce recidivism and treatment failure.

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