The Carolina Center for Behavioral Health is pleased to announce the appointment of Steve Cavender to Chief Executive Officer of The Carolina Center for Behavioral Health, effective December 5, 2022. In this role, he is responsible for overall leadership and development of staff, direction of day-to-day operations and ensuring the delivery of high-quality health care.

Steve Cavender joins The Carolina Center for Behavioral Health after serving as CEO at multiple behavioral health hospitals. He brings with him more than 30 years of experience in behavioral health.

“I am excited to join The Carolina Center for Behavioral Health,” said Cavender. “We have a strong leadership team and excellent reputation in the community. I look forward to directing our facility toward a promising future while we continue to provide high-quality, patient-centered care.”

Steve earned his Master of Arts in Industrial Organizational Psychology and his Bachelor’s in Organizational Psychology.

The Carolina Center for Behavioral Health has officially opened an 18-bed expansion that will help meet the growing demand for behavioral health treatment in the Upstate.

“We are excited to be able to provide more beds and space for inpatient treatment right here in our community,” said Jerry Chapman, CEO of The Carolina Center. “In the challenging times we are facing collectively with the COVID-19 pandemic, personal stressors so many are experiencing, rising suicide rates and increasing calls to the suicide hotline, the need for behavioral health treatment continues to rapidly increase. The Carolina Center, and facilities like ours, play a vital role in our community’s health.”

To further improve the patient experience, we have expanded our admissions area and we have reconfigured our dining services area.

“This expansion not only increases the number of patient beds to serve those dealing with substance use disorder, but it also allows us to reconfigure some of our existing patient units to serve more adolescents and adults dealing with mental health challenges,” Chapman said.

“The Carolina Center has been the area’s leader in behavioral health services for more than 30 years,” said Chapman. “It’s an honor to work with our community partners and serve the men, women, and teens in the area who are dealing with mental health or substance use disorders.”

The Carolina Center for Behavioral Health broke ground recently on an 18-bed expansion that will help meet the growing demand for behavioral health treatment in the Upstate.

“Our goal in this expansion is to improve access to treatment for those dealing with addiction and mental health issues,” said Jerry Chapman, CEO of The Carolina Center. “Fortunately, the stigma surrounding mental health is decreasing and more people are seeking treatment. This expansion will give us an even greater ability to help those in need.”

Anticipated opening of the new unit is late 2020. The expansion project also includes a larger, more accessible admissions area as well as reconfiguring dining services in order to improve the patient experience.

“The Carolina Center has been the area’s leader in behavioral services for more than 30 years,” said Chapman. “It’s an honor to work with our community partners and serve more men, women, and teens who are dealing with mental health or substance use disorders.”

Pictured, left to right:
Jerry Tatum, JE Dunn, Ben Linduff, JE Dunn, Greg Schlangen, COO, The Carolina Center for Behavioral Health, Gergana Dimitrova, MD, Medical Director, The Carolina Center for Behavioral Health, Jerry Chapman, CEO, The Carolina Center for Behavioral Health, John Willingham, Divisional Vice President, Universal Health Services, Inc., James Boynton, CFO, The Carolina Center for Behavioral Health, Jennifer Daigle, Director of Nursing, The Carolina Center for Behavioral Health, Yancey Powers, WM2A Architects