Sixty Participants Attend Mental Health Educational Presentation at Flagler Hospital

ST AUGUSTINE, Fla. - June 5, 2014 - PRLog -- Contact: Chet Bell, CEO
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St. Augustine, FL – ‘A Choices in Recovery’ presentation on May 30^th drew sixty people, both health care providers and those effected by mental health issues, to Flagler Hospital St. Augustine.

Sponsored by the St. Johns chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAM)I, Stewart-Marchman-Act Behavioral Healthcare (SMA) and presented by Janssen Pharmaceuticals the presentaion was a wrap up to Mental Health Awareness month,

Michael Fuller, M.D. was the guest speaker. Dr. Fuller is a psychiatrist, and is Associate Professor and Director of Psychiatric Forensic Services at the University of Texas - Galveston.

The program provided educational support on mental health recovery for people living with schizophrenia, schizoaffective, and bipolar disorders. Dr. Fuller also offered tips to prepare for and minimize the possibility of relapse. Attendees asked questions at the end of the presentation including how to educate family members on an illness when you have one so that they may better understand how a relapse may occur.

SMA Behavioral Healthcare has been serving the northeast Florida community with mental health and drug treatment services for over 50 years.  SMA provides more than 35 mental health and substance abuse programs, providing prevention, diversion, intervention, and treatment services, delivered to diverse client populations Flagler, Putnam, St. Johns, and Volusia counties.

SMA Behavioral Healthcare’s mission is to deliver exceptional and comprehensive behavioral healthcare to individuals and families in our community. SMA’s vision is of a community where addiction and mental illness are treated promptly, comprehensively and with respect for all. Contact SMA at 800-539-4228 or online at http://www.smabehavioral.org/ or stay connected on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/SMABehavioralHealthServices.