Features of this service include daily living skill training, socialization skills, psychosocial rehabilitation and use of community resources. Crisis Intervention services provide brief and immediate treatment to program participants who are experiencing a high level of personal distress. Cornerstone has a 24-hour emergency number that provides indivuduals who receive behavioral health services with immediate contact with the program Case Manager and a psychiatrist. Mental illnesses are disorders of the brain that disrupt a person's thinking, feeling, moods, and ability to relate to others. Just as diabetes is a disorder of the pancreas, mental illnesses are brain disorders that often result in a diminished capacity for coping with the ordinary demands of life.
Mental illnesses can affect persons of any age, race, religion, or income.
Mental illnesses are not the result of personal weakness, lack of character, or poor upbringing. Over seven million people in this country and over five million children and adolescents suffer from a serious chronic brain disorder. These illnesses have a great impact on society. But far more important is the effect untreated mental illness has on the lives of individuals and their loved ones. These brain disorders are treatable.