THS Protected Health Information Policy
Your Information. Your Rights. Our Responsibilities. This notice describes how medical information about you may be used and disclosed and how you can get access to this information. Please review it carefully. Effective Date: Jan 1, 2018 LAYERED SUMMARY TEXT – Your Rights You have the right to: • Get a copy of your paper or electronic medical record • Correct your paper or electronic medical record • Request confidential communication • Ask us to limit the information we share more..
Partnership Opportunities for Community Based Organizations, Groups and Institutions serving King County Community Members
National Suicide Prevention and Recovery Month
September is the month for National Suicide Prevention and National Recovery Therapeutic Health Services provides therapeutic approaches to assist individuals with substance use disorder, mental health related issues, and provides our patients with resources to assist in their recovery efforts. As an agency, THS promotes awareness, prevention, and advocacy when it comes to Suicide, Mental Health related issues, and Substance use disorders. Our clinical staff are trained to assess and work with patients who present with suicidal ideation. For the more..
2018 National Alliance on Mental Illness Walk
Join Team Happy Feet at the 2018 NAMI Walk THS is proud to support the National Alliance on Mental Illness in the 2018 NAMI Walk. Head to Marina Park in Kirkland on June 2nd and join other THS supporters in raising funds for a worthy cause. Registration begins at 8 a.m. and the walk starts at 9. Visit https://www.namiwalks.org/team/teamhappyfeat to register.
Balancing a Career and Motherhood While in Recovery
As a peer support specialist I find great comfort in the connections that I make working with consumers. That shared experience is so valuable in being able to relate to each other, when it feels that there is no one else could possibly understand what you are going through. To know that another person has been there and will not judge you, can provide some relief to the isolating effects that mental health symptoms can give. I firmly believe that more..
SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK IMMERSIVE STORY
How does social worker and Little League coach Aaron Parker teach his team to make good choices on and off the field? By using evidence-based principles from UW School of Social Work’s Communities in Action initiative. Your support makes it possible to help more youth adopt healthy behaviors for life. You can watch a video of THS Branch Manager Aaron Parker in action with his Little League team here. Click here to learn more about the University of Washington School of more..
10 Stats That Prove Mental Health Treatment Needs More Attention
Experts overwhelmingly agree that getting therapy is the best way to manage a mental illness, depression, anxiety and trauma. Yet research shows the negative attitudes about mental health, both self-imposed and from others, can prevent people from seeking support. May is National Mental Health Month, click here for some compelling facts about the prevalence of mental health conditions in the U.S.
New THS Adult and Youth Program Brochures
Check out our new THS Adult and Youth Program brochures.
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King County Passes Landmark Mental Health Law
On Oct. 16, 2000, King County, Washington, passed the nation’s first ordinance requiring assessments of public mental health facilities to determine what percentage of patients are “getting well.” The law was originated, in part, by actress Margot Kidder of Lois Lane fame in the film Superman. Kidder experienced many years of psychiatric treatment for “manic depression,” culminating in a highly public collapse reported widely in the media. Kidder was then treated with nutritional methods and her lifelong battle with mental more..