Advantage Behavioral Health Systems Careers in New York, NY

The predecessor to Advantage Behavioral Health Systems, called the Northeast Georgia Center, was established in 1972. Deinstitutionalization of individuals with mental illnesses occurred rapidly. By 1975 almost 75% of mental health care was being provided in community based clinics. A decade later, the population of patients in Georgia’s state mental health hospitals had dropped to fewer than 125,000. In 1972 the Division of Mental Health became part of the Department of Human Resources. Locally, area mental health and developmental disability programs existed under the leadership of county boards of health. Each Center was fairly independent, even though the structure of a 10 county area was already established as Northeast Georgia Center. Clinics were typically tied more to their county board of health than to the larger entity of Northeast Georgia Center.