Mental Health Care, Mental Health Treatment

Reliable mental health care information,

How local mental health agencies are related to national agencies?

What are other mental health agencies responsible for patients with schizophrenia?

What are the major amis and function of the mental health agency?
what services does the mental health agency provide to the community? who are the target groups of the mental health agency? does the mental health agency government or non government, charity or private? what is the main source of funding? does it cost anything for the client to access the service. if so, how much? how is the agency managed and by whom?

I been rejected by a mental health agency, what should i do?
im 19, and i got bipolar really severe. well, i get ssi, and because im on ssi i need a case manager, am i right? well, also my medicaid recently stopped, n i dunno y. well, i been w o a case manager since september. the case manager i had neva did her job. she never helped w a problem, neva returned my phone calls n always cancelled my appointments and would always put them at times i had work. plus i rely on public transportation n her office is about a 2 1 2hr bus ride for me. bus dnt run well too. i had an intake appointment last friday, and the intake person didnt think i needed case worker but i told her im on ssi and lost my medicaid, lost my job, i need a case manager to help get my life togetha. well, she didnt care, n she called me today n said i dnt qualify for counseling or case managemnt services there. she said i could go to other agency not a good one and its 1 1 2 hour bus ride for me. i cant do that. this place i tried was close to me n i was rejected. wut do i do?FYI...i live in da ghetto, and what, and what??? u gotta problem? and i aint gonna go to that otha agency...cuz they dnt got social work, n its all nonprofessional counselors...nobody care, do they ? ?

Help me name my mental health Agency?
My company is a non profit behavioral health Agency with outpatient services, Inpatient psych. acute care, and transitional living or group homes. They are looking for acronyms. AWARES Arizona Wellness, Accessment, Rehabilition, and Educational Services. Please help I want to win. It is in the Arizona region Arizona Regional...

Question about ethical conduct between patient/provider at a mental health agency.?
My friend is an adult male who is treated by a psychiatrist, at a New Jersey mental health facility, for bipolar and PTSD. In addition to a psychiatrist, my friend has a " case manager" who is supposed to provide structure and help aid clients in their daily lives, such as, assisting in keeping doctor appointments, seeking and maintaining adequate housing and employment opportunities and assisting in crisis management in the event that client becomes episodic. The problem is that my friend's case manager a flamboyantly gay man has been acting strange. He routinely asks my friend to coffee and has also offered to drive my friend home in his personal vehicle after work. My friend says that these offers are often accompanied with flirting from his case manager and although he is not gay, and is a little uncomfortable, he is reluctant to make a " big deal" about it. At first I thought my friend may have been acting conceited like when a guy thinks a girl likes him, but she really doesn't but then I saw him interact with his case manager one day and the guy was being very " touchy feely" with my friend and he seemed to be flirting The final shoe to drop was when my friend told me that his case manager had begun text messaging him. One of the messages said " where is my smart man?" Yesterday, my friend said that his case manager was becoming more forward and he thinks he is going to ask him to dinner.My question is, even though there is reason to believe that some questionable behavior is taking place, does it necessarily rise to the level of ethical miconduct, and should my friend pursue legal action? If it is not unethical, where is the line drawn and when must it be reported? Can my friend pursue legal action? Do the same rules of ethical relationships apply to case managers as to doctors? What if my friend is invited to his case managers house? What should he do? I hate to sound like an ambulance chaser, but I think my friend ought to sue on the basis of principle, but also for some monetary damages. Do you see a case? Can you provide a link to a legal case which may act as precedent for this type of law suit? Please tell me anything that you think would be helpful in strengthening the claim and amassing crucial evidence to support the claim?