The state agency that provides mental health services needs a new medical director. The previous director quit amid criticism of state-run mental hospitals.
Doctor Andrea Bradford left her post Friday as head of the Department of Human Resources’ Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities and Addictive Diseases.
The DHR cited a consulting team's recent report on operations at the state mental hospital in Atlanta. And, the Atlanta Journal Constitution reported in January that at least 115 mental hospital patients died under suspicious circumstances from 2002 to 2006. Also, the paper reported that more than 190 patients were victims of abuse by hospital staff.
State officials say they plan to conduct a national search for a replacement "to raise the bar on our practices in the state hospitals."
Doctor Andrea Bradford left her post Friday as head of the Department of Human Resources’ Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities and Addictive Diseases.
The DHR cited a consulting team's recent report on operations at the state mental hospital in Atlanta. And, the Atlanta Journal Constitution reported in January that at least 115 mental hospital patients died under suspicious circumstances from 2002 to 2006. Also, the paper reported that more than 190 patients were victims of abuse by hospital staff.
State officials say they plan to conduct a national search for a replacement "to raise the bar on our practices in the state hospitals."
