Finding Mental Health Care in Washington: A Class on Where to Start

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00:00 Intro
02:14 Agenda
02:49 Levels of MH Care
03:47 Washington Consent Laws
05:39 Outpatient MH Treatment
08:51 What Do Look for in a Provider
11:20 Seeking Care Within Your Insurance Network (Medicaid vs Commercial)
13:30 Seeking Care through Medicaid Insurance
16:12 Finding a Behavioral Health Agency (BHA)
17:13 How to Get Started with a BHA
19:05 Things to Think About When Picking a BHA
20:57 Once You’re Enrolled
22:56 Seeking Care through Commercial or Private Insurance
24:01 Psychology Today
25:44 Insurance Website
28:01 Insurance Case Managers
29:22 Kaiser
30:23 Multicultural Counselors
31:21 Mental Health Referral Service
33:03 Seeking Intensive Levels of Care
33:53 Wraparound with Intensive Services (WISe)
36:40 King County MIDD Wraparound
38:31 Seeking Intensive Outpatient Programs (IOPs) and Partial Hospitalization Programs (PHPs)
40:57 What do IOP and PHP Look Like?
43:07 How to Seek Care in an IOP or PHP
45:48 Seeking Residential Care
49:11 Components of Residential Care
51:03 Residential Referral and Admission
53:10 Children’s Long-Term Inpatient Program (CLIP)
54:51 Suggestions for Residential or IOP/PHP
55:57 Crisis Services
56:05 What is a Crisis?
57:29 What to do in a Crisis
59:41 What to Expect in an ED Visit
01:02:13 Wrap Up
01:03:11 Thank You and Acknowledgements