Peak News: What We’re Talking About Now!
Meet Our Incoming CEO
Chief Executive Officer Lynn Rutland is planning to retire this summer. After a search for applicants, our board recently selected our new CEO: Becki Mangum, who has served at Andrews Behavioral Health for the past six years.
East Texas Behavioral Health Summit 2.0
Join us on May 6, 2025 as we focus on moving mountains at the second annual East Texas Behavioral Health Summit.
An Andrews Story:
Hope, Hard Work and Triumph
Eight years ago, Theresa Jack's life was a stark contrast to what it is today. Struggling with the overwhelming grief of losing a baby, she faced a battle with anxiety, major depression, schizophrenia, and PTSD that left her feeling hopeless. At her lowest point, Theresa even attempted to end her life.
Mental Illness A Crisis In Our Area
East Texas faces a mountain of mental health challenges leading to homelessness, crime, and family trauma. These challenges strain local resources like our jails and ERs. Consider this: our region suffers from the highest suicide rate in the state — just one indicator of the significance of mental illness in our area.
Mental Healthcare
Here for East Texans
Andrews Behavioral Health treats more than 12,000 underserved East Texans each year, in Smith, Henderson, Rains, Van Zandt, and Wood counties. Our wide-ranging services touch many lives in East Texas.
• Emergency crisis services
• Adult Care for severe mental illness
• Youth Care for severe emotional disturbances
• Intellectual and developmental disabilities care
• Treatment for substance use disorders
• Autism care services for children
• Veteran’s services
Creating Solutions
Together
As the local mental health authority, we collaborate with governmental organizations, law enforcement, healthcare providers, and community groups to improve mental health services and processes in East Texas. Andrews is a non-profit, governmental agency focused on behavioral healthcare in many forms. For services we don’t directly provide, we support other organizations and individuals, working together with them as a team. By connecting with East Texans, we are creating a united beacon of hope and healing.
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