The Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS) is a state agency of the Commonwealth of Virginia. The department operates Virginia's public mental health, intellectual disability, and substance abuse services system through a system of forty locally and regionally run community services boards (CSBs) and twelve state-operated facilities[1] which serve children and adults who have or who are at risk of mental illness, serious emotional disturbance, intellectual disability, or substance use disorders.
Of the twelve state-run facilities, nine are behavioral health facilities, one is a training center to serve individuals with intellectual and developmental disability,[2] one is a medical center,[3] and one is a center for behavioral rehabilitation (SVP).[4] For placement in state facilities, patients are initially evaluated and referred from local CSBs.[5]