Living Well - Summer 2015 - Beaufort - (Page 56)
Foundation-Building
An Illness lIke Any Other
As the rate of mental illness continues to rise, Beaufort Memorial's
mental health center is more important than ever
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A Need in
the Community
In 2005, the BMH Foundation stepped
in as well, designating the center as the
beneficiary of its annual Valentine Ball.
The $247,000 raised from the event
was used to upgrade furnishings in the
14-bed facility and to pay for other
needed resources. More recently, the
Foundation provided the center with
a grant to repair the deck of its therapeutic rooftop garden overlooking the
Beaufort River.
But BMH can't do it alone. Community
residential care facilities are needed to
provide a continuum of care to those
unable to live independently.
"The Beaufort community has a tremendous need for local support services
that would allow our patients to step
down into less intensive care," South
says. "Homeless shelters or outpatient
treatment facilities for people who need
help but don't need institutional care
would be vastly better than the street or
jail, which unfortunately is where many
of these patients end up."
Address It Together
Depression is an all-too-common mental illness and the greatest risk factor
for suicide. But 80 percent of those
who seek treatment for depression are
treated successfully.
"If we continue to address this issue
and coordinate available resources, we
can make a positive difference in many
lives," says Karen Carroll, vice president
for patient care at Beaufort Memorial.
"Mental illness is a disease like any
other," South says. "It's a brain dysfunction that needs to be treated." n
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It's more common than
cancer, diabetes and heart
disease. Mental illness
affects one in four people, and twothirds of those affected will not receive
treatment.
In South Carolina, it's estimated close
to 170,000 adults live with serious mental illness. Yet the state has reduced the
number of inpatient psychiatric beds to
807-down from 5,811 in 1971.
In the last decade, a number of community hospitals all over the state have
also closed their mental health units,
making it nearly impossible for patients
to find the treatment they need.
"We're very fortunate the hospital
board understands the mental health
care crisis and has been so supportive
of our unit," says Beaufort Memorial
Mental Health Director Susan South.
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