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Calvary Addiction Employee Helps Develop Organization Providing Addiction Treatment to Children, Families PHOENIX – (July 28, 2010) – Bobbe McGinley, gambling program director for Calvary Addiction Recovery Center, a Psychiatric Solutions, Inc. (PSI) facility, recently co-founded PITCH 4 KIDZ, a non-profit organization providing positive interventions targeting communication and healing for children. The program, also founded by Stacey Beck, wife of deceased Major League Baseball player Rod Beck, provides exciting, age-appropriate three-day support programs. Aimed at teaching coping and communication skills for children living in families impacted by substance abuse and addiction, the organization offers a safe, energetic and professional environment that fosters education, healing and skill building. “This is something very close to me and Stacey, and we felt the cry for help from children dealing with addiction and substance abuse within the family household,” said McGinley. “We established PITCH 4 KIDZ because we believe every child deserves to be treated with dignity, respect, value and worth.” McGinley has worked in the chemical dependency field since 1988. She has always felt the need to serve those suffering from alcoholism and drug addiction, but also recognized the need to address compulsive gambling as well. McGinley became certified by the Arizona Council on Compulsive Gambling, Inc. in 1996 and nationally certified in 1999. According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, approximately one in four children in the U.S. are exposed to alcohol abuse or alcohol dependence in the family. About Calvary Addiction Recovery Center Since 1964, Calvary Addiction Recovery Center has been a leader in Christian addiction treatment and recovery. That same approach has proven effective with other faiths and those seeking a traditional 12-step program. The Calvary program addresses the practical, physical and spiritual aspects of addiction and problem gambling, setting the stage for long-term recovery and restored family life. For more information, please visit www.calvarymediapsi.com About Psychiatric Solutions, Inc. (PSI) Psychiatric Solutions, Inc. offers an extensive continuum of behavioral health programs to critically ill children, adolescents and adults and is the largest operator of owned or leased freestanding psychiatric inpatient facilities with more than 11,000 beds in 32 states, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. PSI also manages freestanding psychiatric inpatient facilities for government agencies and psychiatric inpatient units within medical/surgical hospitals owned by others. For more information, please visit www.psychiatricsolutionsmedia.com ###

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Calvary Addiction Employee Helps Develop Organization

Providing Addiction Treatment to Children, Families

PHOENIX – (July 28, 2010) – Bobbe McGinley, gambling program director for Calvary Addiction Recovery Center, a Psychiatric Solutions, Inc. (PSI) facility, recently co-founded PITCH 4 KIDZ, a non-profit organization providing positive interventions targeting communication and healing for children.

The program, also founded by Stacey Beck, wife of deceased Major League Baseball player Rod Beck, provides exciting, age-appropriate three-day support programs. Aimed at teaching coping and communication skills for children living in families impacted by substance abuse and addiction, the organization offers a safe, energetic and professional environment that fosters education, healing and skill building.

“This is something very close to me and Stacey, and we felt the cry for help from children dealing with addiction and substance abuse within the family household,” said McGinley. “We established PITCH 4 KIDZ because we believe every child deserves to be treated with dignity, respect, value and worth.”

McGinley has worked in the chemical dependency field since 1988. She has always felt the need to serve those suffering from alcoholism and drug addiction, but also recognized the need to address compulsive gambling as well. McGinley became certified by the Arizona Council on Compulsive Gambling, Inc. in 1996 and nationally certified in 1999.

According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, approximately one in four children in the U.S. are exposed to alcohol abuse or alcohol dependence in the family.

About Calvary Addiction Recovery Center
Since 1964, Calvary Addiction Recovery Center has been a leader in Christian addiction treatment and recovery. That same approach has proven effective with other faiths and those seeking a traditional 12-step program. The Calvary program addresses the practical, physical and spiritual aspects of addiction and problem gambling, setting the stage for long-term recovery and restored family life. For more information, please visit www.calvarymediapsi.com

About Psychiatric Solutions, Inc. (PSI)
Psychiatric Solutions, Inc. offers an extensive continuum of behavioral health programs to critically ill children, adolescents and adults and is the largest operator of owned or leased freestanding psychiatric inpatient facilities with more than 11,000 beds in 32 states, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. PSI also manages freestanding psychiatric inpatient facilities for government agencies and psychiatric inpatient units within medical/surgical hospitals owned by others. For more information, please visit www.psychiatricsolutionsmedia.com

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