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UPDATE: Mental Health Care in Crisis
UPDATE: Mental Health Care in Crisis Strong Advocacy Matters In 2017, the Maryland Legislature passed the HOPE Act, within which is the Keep the Door Open Act. These acts increase provider payments to 3.5% – the first increase in over a decade. This allows for...
Women’s History Month: Dorothea Dix
Women's History Month: Dorothea Dix A Pioneer in Behavioral Health It’s Women’s History Month, so this post is a shout-out to the monumental Dorothea Dix. She was a nurse, teacher, and activist that fundamentally changed the approach to the mentally ill in the...
Consumer Spotlight: JJ’s Success Story
Consumer Spotlight: JJ's Success Story Three PDG Programs and One Giant Success In 2013, JJ was 39 years old and lived in Odenton, MD. He was trying to manage his major depressive disorder diagnosis, suicidal thoughts, and drug abuse, but struggling to find the...
Dolores O’Riordan’s Cautionary Tale
Dolores O'Riordan's Cautionary Tale Celebrity and Illness The Cranberries’ lead singer Dolores O'Riordan’s recent death marked one of the first major celebrity losses of 2018, but she’s not the first to come out about her struggles with mental health issues in...
Year in Review: 2017
Year in Review: 2017 Year in Review Partnership Development Group saw another eventful year. With services expanding, new talent hired, and regular quality checks, our services have never been better! Take a look at what 2017 meant for PDG: SERVICE...
Once Again, PDG Recognized as a Top Workplace by The Baltimore Sun
Once Again, PDG Recognized as a Top Workplace by The Baltimore Sun BALTIMORE, MD - PDG has been awarded a 2017 Top Workplaces honor by The Baltimore Sun Media Group. The Top Workplaces lists are based solely on the results of an employee feedback survey administered...
Two Thanksgivings
Two Thanksgivings Thanks is in the air! This year, PDG expanded its Thanksgiving tradition by hosting two consumer meals, one in Baltimore City and one in Anne Arundel County. PDG is happy to say both were a great successes! The PDG community came together...
Halloween’s Haunting Stigmas
Haunting Stigmas The unknown is terrifying. Like a black abyss, waiting to produce our biggest nightmares. As humans, we seek out the familiar and avoid the mysterious to keep our lives more safe and secure. Halloween is the time of year we delve into those...
THANK YOU
THANK YOU "Thank you to everyone who assisted with our 6th Annual PDGRS Crab Feast! Special thanks to those who helped with setting up, check-in, selling raffle tickets, selling PDG merch, the wheel of chance, and clean up. Thank you to those who sold tickets, brought...
Where Does the Money Go?
Crab Feast: Where Does the Money Go? Where Does the Money Go? Each year PDG throws this delicious and lively event to raise money for PDGRS, our non-profit providing vocational services to adults with severe mental disabilities. All proceeds from the event - including...