Robert Young Center Gets Mental Health “Excellence” Award

(Springfield, IL) – Illinois’ leading behavioral health advocacy group presented its prized mental health honor last week to the Moline-based Robert Young Center.

The Illinois Association for Behavioral Health’s (IABH) top leader, CEO Sara Howe, presented the group’s prestigious “2019 Mental Health Excellence Award” to the Robert Young Center’s president, Dennis Duke, and staff at its Moline headquarters on Friday, November 22, recognizing the organization as a “leader in innovative mental health services.”

“RYC has been a leader in innovative mental health services for more than three decades,” said Howe. “And as consumer needs have expanded to include care for co-occurring substance use disorders, treatment of chronic health conditions and advanced recovery support services, the Robert Young Center has adapted to serve individuals with mental illness with dignity and excellence, and that is why it has earned our 2019 mental health excellence award.”

Robert Young Center’s outpatient mental health services annually help more than 2,000 people ranging in age from childhood through retirement who are dealing with issues such as marital discord, life stresses, grief from the death of a loved one, issues associated with divorce, anxiety or chronic depression.

“Our team helps patients sort through problems, assess the approach to the problem and recommend and implement the most appropriate therapy, which requires innovation and compassion on our part,” said Duke. “We are deeply honored that our commitment to innovative and compassionate care has been recognized by The Illinois Association for Behavioral Health’s ‘2019 Mental Health Excellence Award’”.

Robert Young Center also supports the Quad Cities region through community programs and groups that build resilience and break down stigma that too often accompanies individuals with a mental health or substance use disorder condition.

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