Quote:
Originally Posted by Poet501
Yes was at one time referred to sheppardd Pratt or timberlawn, unfortunately now, I'm considered homeless and have no safe housing to be discharged to upon completion and as for now Wes have none treatments team for admit or discharge... Thx so much to everyone for your support. Ironic o million ppl and parts and pieces in my mind body and soul and still such aloneness and solitude like prisoners of our creators...
|
here in the USA we now have a nation wide law called obama care. short version every american must have basic health insurance plans that have the basics of medical. mental and dental health care or americans get fined up to $235 per person in household not covered by an insurance plan.....with this law there are basic things treatment providers must now do. One of those things is treatment providers can no longer turn away people for things like homelessness, race, gender, sexual orientation, handicap...
my suggestion is if treatmen tproviders are turning you away because of being homeless to contact the state ethics board that over sees treatment providers in your location, this can be found by typing in the search bar clinical social workers ethics board and your location.. many states compile this information in their state website (same website for welfare, social services...)
with the new laws in place, it may be a headache to figure out how to get into specialized programs like sheppard pratt and timberlawn but its relatively easy if you know how to navigate the new system and laws.
Tip. if you dont have a treatment team its relatively easy to get one...you go to your hospital ER. tell them you are having mental problems and want to talk to their on call psychiatrist. then the psychiatrist talks with you and admit you to the mental health unit (this can happen two ways...your choice (voluntary) or the psychiatrist choice (involuntary). on the mental health unit you will be assigned a treatment team (psychiatrist, therapists and any other treatment providers that apply to your situation. ) you stay with them for stabilizing (anywhere between 72 hours and two weeks) and then they help you to get set up with out patient treatment team. the outpatient treatment team refers you on to sheppard pratt or timberlawn which ever you choose. usually takes about 2 weeks for the whole process. at shepard pratt and timberlawn they work into your treatment plan helping you to transition to out patent services and if needed part of the treatment plan can help you establish where you are going to live after discharge. Sheppard pratt even has residential facilities you can temporarily transition to after you leave the main building.