Psychosis/Mania - What to do in a Mental Health Crisis

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This video talks about what to do in a mental health crisis, and what are the benefits of going to the hospital to receive mental health care.
00:00 Mental Health Crisis - Go to the Hospital - Emergency Room Benefits
00:45 Mental Health Crisis - In Patient - Long term healthcare
01:18 Mental Health Crisis - Health Insurance
02:20 Mental Health Crisis - SMI Designation (Seriously Mentally Ill)
04:08 Mental Health Crisis - Legal Help at the Hospital and SSDI (Social Security Disability)
05:25 Mental Health Crisis - Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
05:55 Mental Health Crisis - Ticket to Work
AHCCCS
www.azahcccs.gov
SMI
www.azahcccs.gov/SMIDesignation
SSDI
www.ssa.gov/benefits/disability/
SSI
www.ssa.gov/ssi/
Ticket to Work
www.ssa.gov/work/

[@daisymei-oy3xs]

Very helpful video

[@scscyou]

You just like most other people ignore one of the most important aspects of being in a hospital: boredom. I assume this is mostly relevant only for some kinds of personalities (e.g. ADHD, but that probably isn't all either), but as a society, we really should push towards increasing the options for people with such needs. For example, some people may "need" at least a laptop with them to be able to cope and spend the entire day with some activities. I had an experience where I actually developed some various kinds of depression, including a total lack of interest in computer games, videos, etc., and there was also a period where I was suffering so much that I had to get some interesting book and force myself to read it despite it being painful to exert so much activity. Other than repeatedly walking over the hallway, over the 16 hours I had to waste somehow, at least sometimes I managed to spend about 1 hour talking with someone; but in general, there was nothing of interest for longer periods. It was a pain consisting of sitting down and watching clock to be overjoyed once the entire 5 minutes have fully passed, so that there was at least some progress in the neverending suffering. And if you develop akathisia, you need to be on your feet, walking for 16 hours over the same hallway without any break. It's suffering. These situations need to be preemptively handled and there should be various strategies to satisfy different kinds of consciousness; especially as you are in a fragile period, plus you are doomed to suffer side effects of any pills they will decide to experiment on you. At best, you can ask for a random antidepressant to be added, and then in 4 weeks you need to be intelligent enough to consider even requesting to discontinue it, because doctors really know nothing about your psyché and there is no magic pill that is guaranteed to bring a benefit, unless you complete the entire round of experimentation. But even spending 1 hour in a "badly designed" hospital is worse than dying. We need empathy and intelligence to design something better, and then we need the information quality to be able to predict which hospital will be a good fit. Without that all, you're just randomly guessing and staking your entire life on it. But hey, if karma/destiny is real, maybe we do have guardian spirits who make sure we only suffer as much as we have to, and not more... :(

[@Liz-uj2ot]

I thank you for this information, may good fortune and health be always be abundant , its hard to come to terms with breaking the stigma of MI when trying to enter back into the work feild.

[@sweet2sourr]

Great editing. Informative video!

[@garbanzojelly9670]

Schizo boys gang gang ❤

[@khyleeoshea]

I'm going through this right now with my partner 💔💔

[@khyleeoshea]

He refuses to get help he's in the home by himself everybody's worried 😟 I'm scared for him and myself

[@BalancingACTSentTV]

How do you handle the LONNNNNNG wait in the ER?

[@lettersfromschizophrenia]

I actually didn't experience that, they were pretty fast to take me into the ER and onto the psych unit

[@BalancingACTSentTV]

@@lettersfromschizophrenia my family member waited twelve hours just to be transferred. Went in at 8:30p last night and got transferred at 9:45a this morning. Took 8 hours just to get her tested for Covid. I was helping by searching online how others got through it for her mom while she sat with her waiting all night. Came across your video. Thank you for sharing. My father also dealt with schizophrenia so I'm a huge mental health advocate. We just need to find more help for everyone dealing with the disease and those on the frontline trying to aid in helping. Keep sharing your voice.