{"id":43381,"date":"2016-08-16T23:41:43","date_gmt":"2016-08-16T23:41:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/viconsortium.com\/?p=43381"},"modified":"2016-08-17T01:39:44","modified_gmt":"2016-08-17T01:39:44","slug":"department-health-hires-medical-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/?p=43381","title":{"rendered":"Department Of Health Hires Territorial Director Of Mental Health"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ST. CROIX &#8212; Department of Health Commissioner Dr. Michelle Davis announced Monday that D.O.H. has hired a new territorial director of mental health, whose focus will be to strengthen the department&#8217;s mental health programs.<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Davis sees the appointment of\u00a0<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/viconsortium.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Berlina-Berube-Head-Shot.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">Berlina Wallace-Berube<\/a><\/span>\u00a0as &#8220;the first step to building a solid foundation for mental health equity in the U.S. Virgin Islands,&#8221; according to D.O.H.&#8217;s press release.<\/p>\n<p>Mrs. Berube holds a master\u2019s degree in psychology and a master\u2019s degree in education, counseling and guidance. In addition to being a licensed social work associate who also possesses a consultation and related therapy services license, Mrs. Berube is currently the chair-elect of the American Counseling Association, North Atlantic Region and the past president of the American Counseling Association of the Virgin Islands. Additionally, she was appointed to the Law Enforcement Planning Commission State Advisory Board in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, Mrs. Berube served in various volunteer roles at the V.I. Department of Health\u2019s Division of Mental Health, Alcoholism and Drug Dependency Services, to include chair of the Strategic Prevention Framework State Incentive Grant&#8217;s Evidence-based Workgroup. While pursuing her masters in psychology, Mrs. Berube also completed a two-year internship at the Charles Harwood Complex, coordinating trauma training and seeing clients for therapy on a regular basis.<\/p>\n<p>In a story published on The Consortium on May 15, Mrs. Berube and her father,\u00a0Berle Wallace,\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/viconsortium.com\/featured\/goal-achieved-but-journey-has-just-begun-2016-uvi-graduates-celebrate-milestone\/\" target=\"_blank\">who recently graduated together at UVI<\/a><\/span>, <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/viconsortium.com\/featured\/father-and-daughter-who-graduated-on-same-day-at-uvi-recount-journey\/\" target=\"_blank\">gave accounts of their journey<\/a><\/span>. The story <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/viconsortium\/posts\/961883107259261?comment_id=961898570591048&amp;comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R%22%7D\" target=\"_blank\">garnered widespread attention<\/a><\/span> and served as a source of inspiration to many.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Correction: August 16, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>A previous version of this story, because of incorrect information provided by the Department of Health, stated that Mrs. Berube&#8217;s new job title was medical director, when it&#8217;s actually territorial director of mental health. We&#8217;ve updated the story to reflect the correct information.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ST. CROIX &#8212; Department of Health Commissioner Dr. Michelle Davis announced Monday that D.O.H. has hired a new territorial director of mental health, whose focus will be to strengthen the department&#8217;s mental health programs. Ms. Davis sees the appointment of\u00a0Berlina Wallace-Berube\u00a0as &#8220;the first step to building a solid foundation for mental health equity in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":43382,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12,191,147],"tags":[5604,2529],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Department Of Health Hires Territorial Director Of Mental Health - V.I. 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