Aiken-Barnwell Mental Health Center (ABMHC)

About

- The BHDD Office of Mental Health (OMH) is a South Carolina government agency within the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (established April 28, 2025 by Act No. 3 of 2025). - Mission: support recovery for people with mental illnesses; provides outpatient mental health care via 16 community mental health centers and affiliated clinics across all 46 counties, plus inpatient psychiatric treatment in three state hospitals. - Size and structure: about 30 employees; headquartered in Cayce, SC; serves roughly 100,000 patients annually (about 30,000 children). - Notable leadership and roles (as of 2025–2026): LPCA Ellen Cantwell (Mobile Crisis Clinician), Lee Fletcher (School Mental Health Program Director), Katherine Bernard (Dietitian Director), Erica Peterson (HIS Director). Recent departure: Robyn Rubio (COO, Patrick B. Harris Psychiatric Hospital) in Mar 2026. - Focused footprint: public mental health system across SC with a statewide network of community centers and inpatient facilities. - Tech and operations: uses a tech stack including BeyondTrust, Windows Server, Microsoft Entra/Intune, Veeam, dbt, among others. Note: The provided page is a general overview of the BHDD OMH and the department it sits within. It does not contain specific details about Aiken-Barnwell Mental Health Center (ABMHC) or BHDD operations specifically in Aiken.