Special Needs Community Insurance Options During COVID-19
April 13, 2020Special Needs Community Insurance Options During COVID-19
Has your insurance been impacted during COVID 19? Have you been laid off or are you a laid off parent with your special needs child on your insurance plan? The Dual Special Needs Plan is a plan funded by the federal government since 2003 to provide individuals who hold both a Medicare and Medicaid card with insurance coverage that is zero premium and zero copay. Benefits include transportation to medical appointments,
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
General information on variety of subjects for all ages - Child and Adolescent Mental Health
National Institute of Mental Health - Facts on Children’s Mental Health in America
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) fact sheets - National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors (NASMHPD)
NASMHPD advocates for the collective interests of state mental health authorities and their directors at the national level.
NAMI South King County Family to Family Class
Our Summer 2020 Class is about to start. Please click the link below to get more information or to be added to our waiting list for the next class.
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King County Links to Other Mental Health Resources
Mental Health And The Workplace: What Employers Must Realize
In the United States, 44 million adults – about one in five – have been diagnosed with a mental health condition. This is a rising healthOpens a New Window. challenge that does not discriminate based on race, ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual orientation, educationOpens a New Window. or careerOpens a New Window.. Those living with depression, anxiety and other mental health disorders often experience strained relationships at home and at work.
According to a new survey by Harris Insights and Analytics for the American Heart Association,
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August 24, 2018 | By Keiko Purnell
My last depressive episode left me completely isolated. I didn’t respond to messages for months. Since I didn’t know how long I would be depressed, answering the question “how are you?” became emotionally draining. Actually, that one question was why I stopped talking to people entirely.
“How are you?” is such a knee-jerk opening line to a conversation; most of us don’t even realize we’re saying it, or pay much attention to the typical response of,
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January 31 Kelly Burch
Many of Christine Walker’s friends are just starting to help their teenage children plan to leave home, whether for a job, college or a gap year. But Walker’s 16-year-old son Schuyler has already lived away from his family for seven years, spending nearly half his life in residential treatment programs and schools for children with severe mental illness.
“When Schuyler was 7, that was when I had tried absolutely everything — every pill,
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