sister in law needs psychiatric treatment: does Ohio, Oregon have good treatment?

[Shoelace]

she's in Florida now and tried to commit suicide 2 days ago. She is going blind and deaf with multiple health problems. she is now in a hospital in Florida, was told that Florida has the very worst psychiatric treatment. She has no other relatives in Florida.

Does anybody know if Ohio is any better? She's got a sister there that she could stay with.
We are in Oregon and I have no idea what our psychiatric system is like having never had use of it.

I told her I'd research this but knowing how resourceful y'all are, thought I'd pose this question here. Thanks ahead for any help.

[marylanddem]

1. Contact your local chapter of NAMI

(National Alliance for Mental Illness)

NAMI is an amazing grassroots resource for family members of those will mental illnesses. It's in all states, many chapters.

good luck in your quest, you are a very loving & kind family member.

[Shoelace]

7. thanks

I'll do just that, thanks for the tip. She's in a world of hurt now and it's so difficult to be this far away from her.

[RazBerryBeret]

2. I live in a suburb of Columbus, OH

the Ohio State University Medical Center has a good reputation in the field.

http://medicine.osu.edu/psychiatry/1240.cfm

hope that helps.

[Shoelace]

9. yes, that should help and

she has another sister who is involved with mental health so it's beginning to look like Ohio is the answer. thanks so much for your link.

[RazBerryBeret]

10. best of luck with that!

[sandnsea]

3. You should check your local outpatient

I would bet the quality of care would depend on the clinician in your local office. A nonprofit in your local town will receive state monies to provide sliding scale treatment. I don't think Oregon medicaid programs allow much choice in treatment either, if that's how her care is paid for. I also think the state hospitals are underfunded and understaffed. Calling NAMI, as the person above said, is a terrific idea too. Good luck. :hug:

[Shoelace]

11. thanks

from the looks of it, Ohio is better funded than Oregon is for now. It's going to be a wait and see thing for right now. She has to recover from an overdose of whatever she took. It's a pretty awful thing for her to be facing alone right now.
I surely do hope things change for the better in America next year.

[Juche]

4. According to NAMI, Ohio is one of the best states

http://www.nami.org/gtstemplate.cfm?section=grading_the_states&Template=/TaggedPage/TaggedPageDisplay.cfm&TPLID=63&ContentID=30990

No idea how in depth their grading goes (ie if grading really means higher patient satisfaction or ability to ease back into contemporary life with outpatient help or whatnot), but Ohio is one of the few states that earned a B.

Here is Oregon's info

http://www.nami.org/gtstemplate.cfm?section=grading_the_states&Template=/TaggedPage/TaggedPageDisplay.cfm&TPLID=63&ContentID=30992


Aside from the NAMI webpage, healthyplace is a great source of info on mental health.

http://www.healthyplace.com/

[Shoelace]

8. I figured Ohio would be better than Oregon

knowing a few folks in the mental health field here in this state, they quit several years ago because of huge budget cuts. They left in abject frustration, moved to other states. Thanks alot for the links!

[truedelphi]

5. You need to see which state allows another to help commit a person and which state

Will actually keep a person in the hospital after a suicide or other critical event.

In california, no one but the patient can commit the patient (Well after a serious crime has been committed, it can happen)

I know of people whose daughter attempted to commit suicde, The hospital pumped her stomach and two and a half days later, she was back on the street. This means that since she was refusing medication, she won't get better.

OF course, I don't know the particulars of your sister's case. It may be that she takes her meds and would willing commit herself if things were bad.

[Shoelace]

12. she now realizes she needs help

which means there wouldn't be any worries about commiting her, thanks God!
She's always been pretty stable, hard worker, etc. Just all the health problems finally got to her. Now she is reaching out for help and we'll all help her get whatever she is going to need. Thanks for your post.

[truedelphi]

14. My prayers and best wishes for your sister (and you) n/t

[caledesi]

6. Am living in FL...get her out! nt

[Shoelace]

13. they actually told her in the hospital that Fl. is the worst!