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Episode 5 in the Summit Pointe Series is devoted to highlighting the Suicide Prevention Coalition of Calhoun County. Working closely with Summit Pointe, suicide prevention experts are working to educate the community on how they can help prevent the incidence of suicide in their community. You might also be surprised to hear, lacking community training, how most of us …
Episode 4 in the Summit Pointe Series focuses on what amounts to critical, life-saving care: Assisted Outpatient Treatment. The AOT model is practiced around the country, including at Summit Pointe in Calhoun County, Michigan where court-ordered treatment supervision is necessary for some. Lakeyta and Stacia discuss their front-line work to assist people to receive the …
In episode 3 of the Summit Pointe Series, Clinical Director Dr. Sean Field discusses the model of care used by Summit Pointe to deliver behavioral health services. As a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC), Summit Pointe has established a ready-access care model. Click to hear the discussion. Could your organization or business use purposeful …
In the second visit with Summit Pointe, the importance to collaborations in the community is highlighted. Summit Pointe CEO Jeannie Goodrich and Meghan Taft, Director of Community Engagement, discuss a program that went from a concept over coffee to demonstrated success at addressing the root cause of behavioral health issues in the community. —-Could your organization …
In the first of a special Richard Piet Show series of visits with Summit Pointe, we begin to understand the impact of behavioral health programs in Calhoun County, Michigan. From an innovative First Step 24-hour psychiatric urgent care facility opened in 2021 to crisis intervention and community-based programs, Summit Pointe has spent nearly 50 years helping …
Summit Pointe, the county mental health authority in Calhoun County, Michigan, is banking that a new approach to its population’s mental health needs will mean a healthier community. In this episode, Summit Pointe CEO Jeannie Goodrich discusses the opening of its First Step behavioral health urgent care center on Monday, March 22, 2021. The concept works …
