Thursday, June 10, 2010
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Windmoor Healthcare Employee Presents at National Intervention Conference

CLEARWATER, Fla. – (June 10, 2010)Windmoor Healthcare, a Psychiatric Solutions, Inc. (PSI) facility, is pleased to announce that Tom Talley was a featured speaker at the annual conference of the Association of Intervention Specialists held May 3-9 in Santa Monica, Calif.

Talley spoke about the recent development of a case breakthrough on sweepstakes gambling and fraud, which has victimized seniors and their families across the country. The new method may open doors to helping the elderly understand the risks associated with sweepstakes gambling and how to identify fraud activity.

Talley has been employed with Windmoor for 10 years and worked in the addiction field for more than three decades. He has performed hundreds of interventions for families with substance abuse and gambling problems.

In addition to completing Levels I, II and III of Systemic Family Intervention Training at the Spear-Raiter Institute, Talley has traveled across the United States as an Interventionist, providing services and support to persons in need. He also conducts training and presentations in the field.

Talley obtained his National Certification as a Compulsive Gambling Counselor more than 12 years ago. He is a member of the National Association for Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors (NAADAC), Association of Interventionists and serves as the vice president of the Florida Council on Compulsive Gambling Board of Directors.

About Windmoor Healthcare
Windmoor Healthcare is a fully accredited, 100-bed private behavioral healthcare facility. Windmoor specializes in the treatment of substance abuse and mental health disorders for adults. The hospital is a Baker Act receiving facility. Programs include adult and geriatric detoxification, substance abuse and mental health treatment. As a community service, the hospital provides free face-to-face assessments and referral services by appointment, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. For more information, please visit http://www.windmoormediapsi.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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