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Sabrina
Rhinehart
Mental Health Advocate
Alicia Thomas
Senior Staff Attorney
Charles Hess
Staff Attorney
Susan
Myrick
Paralegal
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Office of the Mental
Health Advocate
225 Peachtree Street
Suite 900, South Tower
Atlanta, GA 30303
(404) 739-5151
(800) 676-4432
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Karen Bailey-Smith, PhD, Director of Forensic Services, presenting the award to Ms. Yvonne Sherrill (left)
Yvonne Sherrill Receives the Department of Human Resources Forensic Services’ 1st Annual Debra Blum Award
The Georgia Department of Human Resources, State Office of Forensic Services presents the first annual “Debra Blum” award to Ms. Yvonne Sherrill. The award recognizes an individual’s exemplary performance and dedication in the area of forensic services.
This year Ms. Sherrill was recognized for her dedication as a behavioral specialist at West Central Georgia Regional Hospital in Columbus, Georgia where she began working in October 2004. She is hailed by her co-workers as being very hard working and attentive to the needs of the consumer.
She is a native of the Republic of Panama and has been in the United States since May 2002. She graduated as a "Licentiate in Psychology" in April 2002 from St. Mary's Catholic University in the Republic of Panama.
Ms. Sherrill is attending Troy State University and will soon be graduating with a Masters Degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling in December 2006. After her graduation, Ms. Sherrill is planning to enter the Doctoral program with a concentration in neuropsychology at Fielding University beginning January 2007.
Congratulations Ms. Yvonne Sherrill!
GPDSC Mental Health Advocate, Sabrina Rhinehart (left) and award recipient, Yvonne Sherrill
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Mission
The Office of the Mental Health Advocate (OMHA)
was created by statute in 1996 to provide services
to attorneys representing criminal defendants with
mental health challenges. OMHA monitors cases in
Georgia involving pleas of Not Guilty by Reason
of Insanity (NGRI) and it directly represents a limited
number of insanity acquittees. We provide
services state-wide as a way of assisting attorneys,
the hospitals, and the courts in criminal cases involving
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Announcements
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Thursday, February 25, 2010 2:36 PM
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mental health issues in the criminal justice system.
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NEW FACE IN THE OFFICE OF THE MENTAL HEALTH ADVOCATE
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The Office of the Mental Health Advocate welcomes its’ 2008 Spring volunteer, Ms. Deborah Baldwin as she starts an internship.
Ms. Baldwin comes to OMHA with a great deal of experience, as well as a passion for upholding the rights of the mentally ill. She has worked in the legal profession since 1988. Having trained as a legal executive, she qualified as an attorney in England in July 1996 and her background has been primarily in criminal and mental health law. She obtained an LLM in Medical Law from the University of Northumbria in 2005.
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Legislative Update - Changes in 17-7-130 Incompetent to Stand Trial (IST)
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Macon Gets New Mental Health Court
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Yvonne Sherrill Receives the Department of Human Resources Forensic Services’ 1st Annual Debra Blum Award
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Women at Risk:
Neonaticide, Infanticide and Filicide
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Clarifying the Process for Defendants Found Guilty but Mentally Ill or Guilty but Mentally Retarded
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Judge Winston P. Bethel Wins Debra J Blum Award
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Aspergers' Syndrome - The Odd, Eccentric, Socially Impaired Have Help
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Kenneth Shepherd Gets His
Day in Court
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Shock Therapy: It's Not a
Thing
of the Past
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Psychiatric Medications 101 has been updated.
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A
Victory for Competency in Simms Case
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The
Governor's Pilot Mental Health Diversion Program:
The HELP Program, A Hall County Inititative
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Dealing
with a Schizophrenic Client
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The Standard of Review for Competency Challenged
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Honoring
Debbie Blum, a Mental Health Pioneer |
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