No one should ever feel like they must suffer in silence," Hogan said.
Particularly after all we've been through over these past 16 months it's critically important that we continue to focus on the issue of mental health. We're also ensuring his name will forever be a symbol of hope for others who are struggling with mental health issues. "We aren't just memorializing Tommy's memory. Larry Hogan said the law would save "countless lives." The original bill passed out of both chambers of the state legislature with bipartisan support. And just in a way that people who haven't shared that experience couldn't possibly know," Aparicio said. "It's extremely important to continue training clinicians of color who are able to understand in a really deep way what their clients may be going through. With the expected increase in calls, Aparicio says it's important for the state's 2-1-1 system to have culturally competent mental health counselors on the ready–including those who can identify with communities of color hardest hit by the pandemic. The idea is to provide a holistic approach to supporting someone with their mental health needs," Askew told DCist/WAMU in a written statement. If someone has voluntarily signed up for the phone call program and is identified to need additional support, they will be connected to a crisis specialist. "A professionally trained crisis specialist will provide support and needed resources for anyone calling the crisis line.
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To access the program those struggling with mental health concerns can dial 211, press 1, text their zip code to 898211, or chat with a counselor online. Quinton Askew, president of the state's 2-1-1 system, is tasked with developing the program and hiring mental health counselors to staff it. "So I won't be surprised if things increase for a while, if they get more intense as we're coming out of the pandemic."
"Anytime that change is happening in our life, it's normal to have anxiety or uncertainty or sadness or to feel some sense of just needing to kind of slow things down. Aparicio added that she expects to see calls increase over the next few months, even as people begin to return to pre-pandemic life. Liz Aparicio, an assistant professor of behavioral health with University of Maryland's School of Public Health, says the proactive check-in system is an innovative approach to crisis response. Nationwide, calls and messages to the NAMIHelpLine were up 70% in 2020 compared to 2019, according to a February report.
During the pandemic, mental health crisis calls to Maryland's 211 system increased 61% in the last quarter of 2020 compared with the same time period in 2019, according to the Maryland Department of Health. She said the new law came to fruition in part because of a spike in mental health crisis calls during the pandemic. "We can replicate that for mental health issues," Cyphers said.Ĭyphers testified for the bill in Annapolis earlier this year. The state already had 2-1-1 programs for seniors to opt-in to get reminders about taking medication and doctors' appointments. "It gives a lot of hope to the behavioral health community.It's brave and it's brought a lot of hope to many families that deal with mental illness," Cyphers said.
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