ST. LEONARD, Md. – For the primary time, the Calvert County Behavioral Well being (CCBH) staff will probably be internet hosting the Spring Into Wellness Neighborhood Well being Truthful at Jefferson Patterson Park Pavillion on Might 1, from midday to six p.m.
This occasion, which is funded by the Maryland Division of Well being, will rejoice the start of psychological well being consciousness month and kids’s psychological well being week.
This occasion will spotlight the entire companies that CCBH provides to the neighborhood and welcomes all ages. There will probably be many actions that will probably be enjoyable for the entire household, which incorporates bouncy homes, a prepare, cornhole, picture sales space, meals vehicles together with different distributors from the neighborhood, in addition to dwell music and a DJ.
The occasion may have free admission and can host the entire well being division companies comparable to: the cellular disaster staff van, the freeway to well being van providing vaccines and testing, prevention and restoration, environmental well being, the native behavioral well being administration, medical companies, school-based psychogeriatric companies, maternal-child well being, reproductive well being, illness surveillance and response, medical insurance, most cancers screening, tobacco prevention and cessation, well being fairness, and lots of extra companies.
“We simply need folks to know the entire companies that we do,” Anita Ray, the grants director for this system mentioned. “Whether or not it’s medical companies for behavioral well being, substance abuse, opioid use, prevention companies, and well being promotions which embody colon screening, tobacco, vaping, and diabetes.”
“We additionally do hurt discount companies that do somatic well being for folks,” Ray continued. “In addition to major care service for those that cope with numerous issues like narcotics and opioid abuse. We even do psychiatric companies and well being companies which assist moms coping with Put up Traumatic Stress Dysfunction (PTSD) coupled with opioid use… So we wish folks to know precisely the entire companies that we render.”
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