TMHRA FIRST RESPONDER SUPPORT August 2020 FF CALL FIRST - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

TMHRA – FIRST RESPONDER SUPPORT August 2020

FF CALL FIRST RESPONDERS LIVE 2

DO YOU BELIEVE YOUR CURRENT MENTAL HEALTH SOLUTION PROVIDES ADEQUATE SUPPORT TO YOUR FIRST RESPONDERS? 3

We have more hotlines and programs than ever before; yet the rate of suicides with first responders continue to increase each year Our benefit plans have several in network mental health facilities but the cost and rate of readmission is high There is a lot of media coverage telling us about the importance of mental health 4

Meuser said he has been handling retirement and disability claims for law enforcement agencies for 33 years and has never seen anything like the past 30 days coming out of the Minneapolis Police Department. 5 Source - https://www.kstp.com/news/attorney-minneapolis-could-have-200-fewer-police-within-several-months-july-2-2020/5780297/

EMPLOYERS ARE LOOKING FOR SOLUTIONS FOR THEIR FIRST RESPONDERS THE FIRST RESPONDERS DON’T FACTS USE TRADITIONAL EAPs ASKING FOR HELP MAY MEAN LOSING THEIR GUN, BADGE AND CAREER 6

MY JOURNEY 7

US Marshals Fugitive Task Force Shootings Numbness 8

9/11 PTSD 9

MCKINLEY VIDEO 10

Sott.net 11

Search for depression – 200 results in 25 miles 12

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Wellness Peer Support Emotional Body Armor 14

PREVENTION 15

Clinical Peer Support Support PREVENTION Family support 16

Peer Support Emotional Body PTSD, Trauma evaluation and Armor course and Stress training courses TRAINING & SUPPORT PROGRAMS Family education Financial wellness Marital and / job training family counseling 17

INTERVENTION 18

Clinical Suicide Intervention Intervention Intervention First Responder Specific Treatment 19

POST TREATMENT CARE 20

Ongoing Family Support Counseling / Services Treatment Post Treatment Care Tools and Resources to Stay Mentally Healthy 21

BASED ON THIS SESSION, WILL YOU PURSUE GETTING/BUILDING A FIRST RESPONDER SPECIFIC MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT PROGRAM? 22

BEST PRACTICES 23

Confidentiality • Department specific • Leadership support • Stop the stigma • KEYS TO A Policies to support • SUCCESSFUL healthy behavior Make it simple – clear • PROGRAM pathways to care Ongoing training and • support Remove financial • barriers 24

DAN PHILLIPS WHO DO I 202.550.4004 CONTACT dphillips@acaphealth.com TO LEARN MORE? Follow us on Facebook! @ResponderHealth 25