Mission
The mission of the Center for Behavioral Medicine (CBM) is to deliver quality psychiatric hospital and community based residential services in a safe environment that provides the support and skills needed for individuals to achieve their highest potential.
Vision
CBM staff, community providers, and individuals served all work together respectfully, creating the path to successful community living.
Values
The values of the Center for Behavioral Health all revolve around RESPECT.
- Recovery
We assist individuals to maximize their quality of life.
- Education
We work to advance the knowledge and skills of the individuals we serve.
- Safety
We strive to maintain an environment free from hazards, practice interventions that are as unrestrictive as possible, and use proven effective treatment and error free processes in a “no blame environment.”
- Person Centered
Individuals are empowered to make their own decisions regarding their treatment. All people can choose their own easily accessible services and supports to enhance their lives, make their own choices, and achieve their personal visions. All people are treated with respect and dignity, ensuring that their personal rights are upheld at all times.
- Excellence
Quality patient care is our passion, and we understand that the excellence of services and supports is determined by the outcomes people experience. All people live their lives free of, or are less affected by, mental or physical disabilities as a result of our emphasis on prevention and early intervention.
- Community
All people are accepted and included in the educational, employment, housing and social opportunities and choices of their communities. Reintegration through partnership and innovation is our ultimate goal.
- Teamwork
Accordion content.CBM staff, community providers, and individuals served all work together for a common goal. All people who provide services and supports are our organization’s most important resource.
Goals
The Administrative Department consists of the senior leadership of this organization. It has the overall responsibility to ensure that the goals of the organization are met. Specifically, these goals are:
- Provision innovative, active treatment through an interdisciplinary team that meets or exceeds the needs of our patients.
- Provide care regardless of ability to pay.
- Develop a Total Quality Management system where employees are valued and encouraged to be participative and fiscally responsible.
- Position itself, in light of the changing nature of mental health care, to operate in a managed care environment, to continue quality care, and to find other means of reimbursement.
- Contribute to the care of individuals with severe mental illness through clinical research.
- Enhance student and training affiliations to become a Center of Excellence in the care of individuals with mental illness.
- Be ranked the number one psychiatric treatment and training facility in the nation!
In addition to the above goals, more specific departmental goals and objectives are developed and implemented yearly.