Moccasin Bend Mental Health Institute has a new chief executive officer, Mary C. Young, state officials announced today.
Young most recently Young served as director of mental health with the Chestnut Health System in Bloomington, Ill., where she developed and opened a Mental Health Crisis Stabilization Unit serving adults experiencing psychiatric emergencies.
“We are delighted and excited by the appointment of Mary C. Young,” said Mental Health Commissioner E. Douglas Varney in a news release. “She will be dedicated to improving clinical outcomes for the patients we serve across East Tennessee, being innovative, resolving challenges and collaborating with her fellow professionals at Moccasin Bend and among community leaders across the Chattanooga region.”
Official says Young has broad experience as a behavioral health professional having worked as a clinician, clinical director and executive director of inpatient, residential and outpatient mental health and addiction services.
“I am honored to assume the role of Chief Executive Officer at Moccasin Bend Mental Health Institute, and to continue the tradition of providing excellent psychiatric care and treatment for some of Tennessee’s most vulnerable citizens,” Young said in the news release.