Bright Harbor Healthcare

Today was the official ribbon cutting for the Genoa Healthcare pharmacy available onsite at Ocean Mental Health Services in Bayville.   Genoa Healthcare specializes in providing pharmacy services for community mental health centers nationwide.  According to pharmacist Dan Palmiere, “Our OceanMHS location is our 98th pharmacy and the 4th here in New Jersey.”  He added, “We […]

Bayville, NJ – November 29, 2012: Ocean Mental Health Services (OceanMHS) and the Ocean County Library have partnered together to offer support groups for people who are struggling in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.  Many have experienced trauma during the past month in Ocean County.  Loss of home, security, personal belongings and routine can have

What would I do without the PACT Team I of Ocean Mental Health?! Each of the members is just so supportive. They come to visit with me every week and make me feel that they are just friends who are coming to check up on me. Oh, it wasn’t always so pleasant! I am a

Project Anchor is a Partial Care Day Program that provides services to clients with a chronic mental illness. Throughout the day our clients attend structured groups designed to meet their individual needs. Groups range from Psycho-education about Mental Illness and Symptom and Illness Management, Copings Skills, Wellness in Recovery, Parenting, and Skills Training to Yoga,

Our CEO, James Cooney’s recognition of employees who go beyond the call of duty. Recognition goes to Heidi Kluxen, MA, Family Preservation Program (Harmony) – Children’s Services. Heidi has been an extraordinary Family Preservation Services team member since January 2007. Heidi has her Master’s Degree in Psychology and has a great talent in stabilizing the families

By Gioia Ackerman, Residential Case Manager, Supportive Housing When people with a mental illness move into the neighborhood, stigma moves in with them. There is no welcome wagon.  No one rings the bell or brings a tray of cookies.  “For Sale” signs start popping up on neighbors’ lawns.  Like all other prejudices, stigma towards people with

Our Bayside Children’s Partial Care Program has utilized a generous United Way grant to develop and implement a homework drop-in center for clients to utilize before program hours. The grant has afforded the Bayside Program with the opportunity to provide clients with educational resources which may otherwise be unavailable to them. Clients are able to

Guiding nearly 300 staff with various levels of computer skills into the 21st century of Electronic Medical Records is an enormously difficult undertaking!  Yet, Susan Loughery and TJ Cooperman are doing just that for the staff of OceanMHS. After nine months of planning and countless extra hours of work they have accomplished the nearly impossible

In March OceanMHS was awarded a grant of $1M from the New Jersey Division of Mental Health Services.  The grant, for the Ocean County Early Intervention Support Services (Ocean-EISS) program, is to provide “rapid access to short-term, recovery-oriented crisis intervention and stabilization services for persons with serious mental illness”.  This new program will allow us

Project Recovery Evening Program, Ocean Mental Health Services’ (OceanMHS) program for people with both a mental illness and substance abuse problem, has new hours to better accommodate people who have daytime commitments.  The program now begins at 5:30 pm and runs through 8:45 pm on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings.  Enrolled clients are always welcome