How to get help for a family member suffering with mental health issues wfmj.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wfmj.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The prevalence of telehealth appointments for mental health treatment increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the option for remote treatment is expected to continue with increased availability.
While there have been mixed results when it comes to electronic appointments, the service has in some cases increased the effectiveness of mental health treatments, said Joe Caruso, CEO and president of COMPASS Family and Community Services.
“Electronic options assisted outpatient treatments by offering an alternative that still includes face-to-face options, which was something positive, but those unable to use the service or who had no internet or access to a computer or a phone, had to get services over the telephone,” Caruso said.
Supporting mental health during a pandemic | News, Sports, Jobs tribtoday.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from tribtoday.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Mar 9, 2021
There was a time when Ohioans experiencing mental health crises could get help that was less likely to intersect with the criminal justice system. In past decades, a state-run local hospital, for instance, was able to evaluate and offer both short- and long-term mental health treatment, if necessary.
That designated local mental hospital no longer exists, and today experts say the system is lacking. Now, with few other options, family members or bystanders often who have few options end up calling police for help. Worse, untreated behavior can lead to criminal acts.
Sadly, incarcerating those suffering from severe mental illness can lead to a repetitive cycle of similar behavior and imprisonment. It can include a revolving door of emergency hospitalization, homelessness, repeated police encounters, committing crimes just for a place to stay in jail, a whirlwind of judges and courtrooms, lapses in treatment all with mental anguish for the individuals and their famil
Mahoning County Sheriff Jerry Greene says the Mahoning County jail is the largest mental health facility in the county.
“When we have 500 inmates, we know that one third of those inmates are on some type of psychotropic meds,” he said.
“We started realizing: Where are these people going to go when they get released? Where is their next meal going to come from? Who is going to give them their meds? These are all things that weren’t thought about before.”
Interventions through community partnerships can stop the endless cycle, and find more appropriate places to treat and house them than jail, Greene said.