Adult Services

The DeKalb CSB's behavioral health services focus on adults who have a severe and persistent mental illness and/or who have significant substance abuse/ addiction.

The agency operates four outpatient centers in DeKalb County that include the North DeKalb Mental Health Center, Winn Way Mental Health Center, The Kirkwood Center and Clifton Springs Mental Health Center. A substance abuse center, DeKalb Addiction Center (DAC) is located in central DeKalb County and a freestanding peer support center, Crossroads, is located in south DeKalb County. Assuring that services are easily accessible has always been a value of the DeKalb CSB and is reflected in the widespread location of the facilities, the hours of services, and flexibility in how services are provided.

The mental health/substance abuse outpatient facilities are open five days per week from 8:15 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and all offer evening hours. Services offered include diagnostic assessment, nursing assessment, nutritional assessments, psychiatric medical services, individual, group, and family therapy. The four centers have a pharmacy on site.

Each consumer has an assessment provided by a licensed mental health professional. Based on the assessment, the clinician refers adult mental health consumers for nursing assessments as needed. A nursing assessment and standard lab work is provided to substance abuse consumers. All consumers see a physician for a psychiatric assessment. Following the assessments, a level of care is determined based on the consumer's individual needs, and a case manager is assigned.