Public health campaign helps people cope with Coronavirus aftermath

ANNOUNCER: FROM WOOD-TV, YOUR







QUESTIONS AND EXPERT ANSWERS




YOUR QUESTIONS ON THE
CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK.
IS A NEW PUBLIC HEALTH
CAMPAIGN UNDERWAY IN KALAMAZOO
TO HELP PEOPLE COPE WITH THE
AFTERMATH OF THE CORONAVIRUS
CRISIS AND THE MENTAL HEALTH
ASPECTS THEY MAY BE
EXPERIENCING.
IT IS CALLED REFOCUS, RECONNECT,
AND RECOVER.
THEY HAVE ALL PARTNERED FOR THIS
INITIATIVE AS THE STATE BEGINS
TO REOPEN.
JEFF PATTON IS THE
CEO.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING
HERE.
THANK YOU.
REALLY EXCITED TO HEAR ABOUT
THE PROGRAM.
TELL ME HOW THIS CAME ABOUT AND
HOW YOU JOINED FORCES.
INTEGRATED SERVICES OF
KALAMAZOO IS THE COMMUNITY
MENTAL HEALTH AUTHORITY FOR
KALAMAZOO COUNTY.
WE SERVE PEOPLE WITH SEVERE
FORMS OF MENTAL DISABILITIES
,
ADULTS WITH SERIOUS MENTAL
ILLNESSES, CHILDREN WITH SERIOUS
EMOTIONAL DISTURBANCES,
SUBSTANCE ABUSE DISORDERS, AND
ALSO PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL
AND DEVELOPMENT TOLD
DISABILITIES -- DEVELOPMENT TOLD
DISABILITIES.
AS THE MENTAL HEALTH
AUTHORITY,
WE WERE TAKEN OFF GUARD WITH THE
COVID-19 PANDEMIC LIKE MANY
ORGANIZATIONS.
THERE IS
A MEANINGFUL ROLE TO BE
PLAYED FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND
WHAT IS NOW REFERRED TO AS
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH.
PEOPLE IN THE STATE OF MICHIGAN
ARE STRUGGLING WITH MENTAL
HEALTH BECAUSE OF ISOLATION.
THAT IS WHAT PROMPTED US TO TAKE
ACTION AND DEVELOP WHAT
REC WE CALL
OUR COVID RESPONSE AND RECOVERY
PLAN TO HELP THE COMMUNITY
REFOCUS, RECONNECT, AND RECOVER.
THAT IS PRETTY IMPORTANT BECAUSE
IN ALL DISASTERS, THERE ARE
DIFFERENT PHASES.
I THINK THE GENERAL PUBLIC NEEDS
TO KNOW THAT.
THE FIRST PHASE WHICH WE ARE IN
AND PROBABLY BEGINNING TO
TRANSITION TO
ANOTHER PHASE.
THE FIRST PHASE IS THE ACUTE
PHASE OR WHAT WE CALL THE HERO
PHASE.
WE ARE GIVING ACCOLADES AND
PRAISES TO THOSE ON THE FRONT
LINES.
YOU CAN DRIVE BY THE VARIOUS
CLINICS AND HOSPITALS AND
LABORATORIES PUTTING OUT SIGNS
ON THE STREET ABOUT THE HEROES
DOING THIS REMARKABLE JOB
CONFRONTING AND TREATING PEOPLE
WITH THE VIRUS, AND PUTTING
THEIR LIVES AT RISK FOR THAT.
WE REALLY NEED TO COMMEND THEM.
WE ARE NOW JUST GETTING OUT.
NOW WE ARE BEGINNING TO MOVE
FROM THE ACUTE/HERO PHASE TO
ANOTHER PHASE THAT REQUIRES
EMOTIONAL ADJUSTMENTS, THE
COMING DOWN PERIOD.
WHAT DO I DO NEXT IN MY LIFE?
I HAVE BEEN DEVOTING ALL OF MY
TIME TO TREATING PEOPLE ON THE
FRONT LINES.
OUR NATIONAL STATISTIC
IS PEOPLE
WITH MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS, NOT
NECESSARILY SERIOUS MENTAL
ILLNESS IS, BUT MENTAL HEALTH
PROBLEMS, ABOUT 90% DO NOT
RECOGNIZE IT OR SEEK OUT
SERVICES.
WE WANT TO GET A MESSAGE OUT
THAT WE ARE AVAILABLE AND OTHER
ORGANIZATIONS ARE AVAILABLE SUCH
AS GRIFFIN PLACE THAT WE ARE
PARTNERING WITH WITH OUR
PROJECT.
WE ARE LOOKING TO BUILD
UP ON
COMMUNITY RESILIENCY, HOPE AND
HEALING, THAT WOULD
BE UTILIZED
DURING THE PHASES OF RESPONSE
AND RECOVERY.
WE ALL ARE GOING TO HAVE TO SEEK
OUT HELP OR AT LEAST UNDERSTAND
THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS WHEN WE
NEED TO HAVE HELPED, SUCH AS
DEPRESSION, ANXIETY,
IRRITABILITY, AND MORE SEVERE
PROBLEMS.
IT IS IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO
ASK FOR HELP.
IF YOU LIKE A MESSAGE YOU ARE
ALSO WANTING TO PUT OUT IS THAT
IT IS OK TO ASK FOR HELP.
IT IS VERY OK.
WE HAVE ANOTHER SLOGAN IN OUR
PLAN.
PEOPLE'S REACTION
AND RESPONSE,
THEY ARE RESPONDING NORMALLY TO
WE HAVE NEVER BEEN THERE, AT
LEAST IN MY LIFETIME.
THIS IS VERY, VERY DIFFERENT.
WE ARE GOING TO BE HERE.
WE ARE A PUBLIC SYSTEM.
WE ARE GOING TO BE HERE FOR THE
LONG RUN.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE DURING THIS
ACUTE AND MEDIUM PHASE AND ALSO
THE LONG-TERM, THE AFTERMATH OF
THE PANDEMIC, WE ARE GOING TO BE
HERE FOR FOLKS.
PEOPLE CAN GET HOLD OF YOU.
THEY DO NOT HAVE TO BE IN A
CERTAIN NETWORK OR BE A HEALTH
CARE WORKER.
THIS IS AVAILABLE TO EVERYONE.
THAT IS CORRECT.
IT IS AVAILABLE TO EVERYONE.
WE APPRECIATE IT SO MUCH.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING
THIS.
IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO GET THIS
INFORMATION AND HELP OUT THERE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WE ARE PUTTING OUT NOTICES.
ON OUR WEBSITE, WE ARE PUTTING
OUT LITERATURE AND WHERE PEOPLE
CAN CONTACT US.
WE ARE AVAILABLE 24 HOURS, SEVEN
DAYS A WEEK.
THANK YOU, JEFF.
HERE IS THE NUMBER YOU CAN REACH
OUT TO FOR EMOTIONAL SUPPORT OR
CRISIS INTERVENTION.

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