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For Individuals & Families
- Behavioral Health
  - - - Behavioral Health
        In collaboration with state and community partners, DBHDS plans, develops, directs, funds, and monitors the delivery of comprehensive behavioral health services throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia.
        Behavioral health services may include services for the prevention and treatment of mental health and substance use disorders.
- Developmental Services
- COVID-19
  - - - COVID-19
        Infectious Prevention and Control (IPC) practices are used daily to prevent or stop the spread of infections and disease in healthcare settings and in general.
        These practices include standard recommendations proven to reduce the risk of disease transmission and represent essential actions for patient safety and quality of healthcare.
    - - A basic understanding of IPC standard practices is necessary to implement safe and responsible care and ensure these practices are followed by all.
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- Human Rights
  - - - DBHDS works to ensure compliance with Human Rights Regulations by promoting human dignity, managing the DBHDS Human Rights complaint program, and advocating for the rights of people with disabilities in state service systems.
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- Forensic Services
  - - - Forensic Services
        Forensic services include mental health evaluations and screenings, treatment of individuals with mental illness in jail, case management and restoration of competency to stand trial.
        DBHDS develops programs and services for individuals at risk for involvement in the criminal justice system.
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    - - SVP Services
        Sexually Violent Predator (SVP) services support the delivery of evaluation, treatment, and supervision services to individuals found by the court to meet the criteria of sexually violent predator.
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A community services board (CSB) is the point of entry into the publicly-funded system of mental health, intellectual disability, and substance abuse services. CSBs provide pre-admission screening services 24 hours per day, seven days per week. Learn more about CSB services.

Your local Community Services Board (CSB) gives you the ability to determine which CSB serves your locality and to get contact information for immediate assistance.
State Facilities – Contact information for Virginia’s 15 state psychiatric hospitals and training centers.
Licensed Provider Search (LPS) – Look up licensed mental health, intellectual disability, substance abuse, IFDDS Waiver, and brain injury residential services in Virginia.
2-1-1 Virginia – 211 provides a wide variety of free health and human service referrals. You may talk with a certified call specialist by dialing 2-1-1 toll free, seven days a week from 8:30 a.m. to midnight.

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