September is National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are collectively experiencing greater trauma, loss and adverse circumstances that have nearly doubled the number of people experiencing depression and suicidal thoughts compared to previous years. According to CDC reports: Suicide rates have...
The Summit Counseling Center Receives Accreditation
The Summit Counseling Center has been awarded Full Accreditation for April 2021 to April 2025. The Solihten Institute, located in Denver, Colorado, announced today. “Accreditation is a major accomplishment and demonstrates a Center’s commitment to excellence,” according to Robert...
Children’s Hospitals See More Cases of Depression, Suicidal Thoughts
Written by, Nancy Clanton As schools shifted to distance learning and extracurricular activities were canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic, many kids lost vital resources for maintaining their mental health. Government figures show the proportion of children who arrived in...
Americans’ Mental Health Ratings Sink to New Low
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans’ latest assessment of their mental health is worse than it has been at any point in the last two decades. Seventy-six percent of U.S. adults rate their mental health positively, representing a nine-point decline from...
These Mental Health Crises Ended in Fatal Police Encounters. Now, Some Communities are Trying a New Approach
Author: Christina Maxouris, CNN When Miles Hall’s hallucinations and erratic behavior returned, his mother did what she had always done: She gave police a heads up. The next day, June 2, 2019, Walnut Creek, California, police responded to multiple...
Covid-19 Has Led To Disruptions In Mental Health Services—Just As Demand For It Increases, WHO Says
Author: Carlie Porterfield, Forbes TOPLINE Coronavirus has spawned a new healthcare crisis as many services for treating mental health have been disrupted all over the world, all while the pandemic has worsened many people’s emotional health, according to a...
Warning Signs of Suicide
Suicide is complicated and tragic, but it is often preventable. Knowing the warning signs and how to get help can save lives. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, the behaviors listed below may be a sign that someone...
5 Action Steps for Helping Someone in Emotional Pain
In 2018, suicide claimed the lives of more than 48,000 people in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Suicide affects people of all ages, genders, races, and ethnicities. Suicide is complicated and...
The Power of School-Behavioral Health Partnerships
Author: Pamela Black In many ways, COVID-19 has forced us to adjust our approach to how we live our lives, go to work and teach our children. While its essential that all students with behavioral health needs receive high-quality...
Fulton County and Fulton County Schools Announce Expansion of Partnership to Provide Counseling Services
Collaboration adds 20 new schools and 31 counselors to provide additional behavioral health counseling in response to COVID-19 The Fulton County Board of Commissioners and Fulton County Schools announced plans today to expand their partnership that provides a slate...
Summit’s Statement Against Racism and Social Injustice
Racism is a public health issue. This insidious and systemic disease that is interwoven into our history is not always overt, but our brothers and sisters continue to suffer from the symptoms of racism and discrimination every day. As...
Summit Counseling: Phased Reopening
Governor Kemp has signed an executive order that lifts a shelter-in-place order for most of Georgia’s residents effective Friday, May 1st, while extending restrictions for those who are identified as medically fragile.1 Fulton County continues to lead the state...
‘Some of the Greatest Causes of Misery’: U.N. Warns Of Pandemic’s Mental Health Costs
The dire consequences of the global pandemic have been difficult to escape, let alone ignore. The devastating effects of the coronavirus — from physical symptoms to economic complications — have made themselves apparent in headline after headline, week after...
Could You Get PTSD from Your Pandemic Experience? The Long-Term Mental Health Effects of Coronavirus
Written By: Cory Stieg @CORYSTIEG Experiencing intense flashbacks, nightmares, irritability, anger, and fear? In the face of a traumatic event like the Covid-19 pandemic, it’s common to feel this way. While many people associate post-traumatic stress disorder with something like war, it’s a chronic...
Lockdown is the World’s Biggest Psychological Experiment – and We Will Pay the Price
Dr. Elke Van Hoof Professor, Health Psychology and Primary Care Psychology Vrije Universiteit Brussel April 09, 2020 With some 2.6 billion people around the world in some kind of lockdown, we are conducting arguably the largest psychological experiment ever;...
Summit Partners with United Way of Greater Atlanta to Offer Support Forum for Frontline Responders
In order to help frontline responders in our communities, The Summit Counseling Center and United Way of Greater Atlanta are partnering together to offer a support VIRTUAL forum for those who may be experiencing stress, anxiety, and compassion fatigue from their...
Summit Counseling Center Uses HIPAA Compliant Zoom Platform
The Summit Counseling Center would like to respond to recent security concerns raised in a variety of media reports regarding the Zoom Video-conferencing Platform. The Summit has partnered with Zoom to offer a secure, HIPAA-compliant platform to host our...
Summit Counseling Center Partners With CURE Childhood Cancer
During this stressful time of extreme precautions and social distancing, CURE has been working with our partners at Summit Counseling Center – Atlanta to provide options for pediatric cancer patients and their families who need access to counseling. Through Tele-Mental health...
Our Response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19): Summit launches Tele-Mental Health via VideoTherapy and Telephone to Meet the Mental Health Needs of Our Community
Our hearts and prayers go out to everyone that has and will be impacted by this unprecedented event. While our national and local communities work to contain and mitigate the coronavirus (COVID-19), The Summit is hard at work adapting...
Managing Fears and Anxiety Around Coronavirus
Although Coronavirus is a health issue that is being taken very seriously by public health authorities worldwide, we should not let our worry about the virus control our daily life. Constant media attention of its impact globally and fear...