Psychiatric evaluation
A comprehensive conversation about symptoms, history, strengths and the circumstances shaping your well-being.
Psychiatric care for adults across Georgia
A new beginning for your mental health.
New Dawn welcomes adults from every walk of life with compassionate psychiatric care grounded in dignity, clear communication and the belief that healing can begin again.
New Dawn Behavioral Health
Care for every chapter of life.
Adults across Georgia can access secure telehealth care with thoughtful plans tailored to their needs and goals.
Medication management
Collaborative medication planning with careful education, monitoring and follow-up.
Focused support
Care for anxiety, depression, trauma-related symptoms, PTSD and substance-use recovery needs.
New Dawn Behavioral Health is not an emergency service. If you are in immediate danger, call 911. For mental-health crisis support, call or text 988.
Meet the founder
Clinical knowledge. Human connection.
Jamaica Horton APRN, PMHNP-BC
Jamaica is a board-certified psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner and registered nurse whose background spans pediatric behavioral health, skilled-nursing leadership and complex-care environments.
Her years in nursing and clinical leadership shaped a care style centered on clear communication, safety, accountability and treatment plans that make sense in real life.
She founded New Dawn to create an accessible, culturally responsive space where adults across Georgia feel heard, understand their options and leave with a practical path forward.
New Dawn Behind the Badge
A dedicated program for those who serve.
Behind the Badge is New Dawn’s dedicated program for law enforcement and first responders, bringing together agency education and confidential wellness care for the professionals who serve our communities.
Part one · Public-safety agencies
Education & training
Practical education developed for law-enforcement, fire, EMS and emergency-communications teams to strengthen mental-health crisis recognition, verbal de-escalation and trauma-informed response.
- Recognizing psychiatric distress, trauma, autism and substance-related crises
- Responding with practical strategies that support safety and dignity
- Improving referral awareness and community connection after a crisis
Part two · First responders
Wellness care
Confidential, culturally responsive behavioral-health care for law-enforcement officers, firefighters, EMS professionals, paramedics and dispatchers—built around the realities of the work.
- Stress, burnout and sleep concerns
- Trauma exposure, anxiety and depression
- Substance-use concerns and recovery support
Two pathways, one mission. Public-safety agencies can discuss customized education, while individual law-enforcement and first-response professionals can inquire about private wellness care.
Connect with Behind the BadgeStart the conversation
New care. Stronger partnerships. A better way forward.
Ready to begin? Request an appointment through the secure SimplePractice Client Portal. Please do not send medical information by regular email.
Open secure bookingServing Georgia · Based in Metro Atlanta