Mental Health Services is a division within the Department of Health and Human Services. In 2014, it offers care and treatment to people with mental illness, assistance to people affected by drug and alcohol, promotes mental health and wellbeing, and provides primary mental health care in the prison system.
1945 - 1956 Division of Mental Hygiene
1956 - 1963 Division of Mental Health
1963 - 1968 Division of Psychiatric Services
1968 - 1989 The Mental Health Services Commission
1989? - Mental Health Services
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