What is Serious Mental Illness?
Serious mental illnesses are medical conditions that affect a person’s thoughts, feelings, dispositions, and capabilities to relate to others and function on a daily basis. They are not the result of individual weakness, insufficient character, or underprivileged upbringing, but a medical condition affecting the brain and impairing a person’s social, emotional, and cognitive function. Fortunately, treatment of serious mental illnesses at this degree is entirely possible, and most battling a serious mental illness can find liberation from their symptoms with a professionally led treatment plan.
Eligibility for Assertive Community Treatment/Case Management Services
Individuals must meet the following criteria in order to be considered for services. The individual’s serious emotional, behavioral, or psychological disorder has resulted in at least one of the following:
What’s Next?
Don’t let serious mental illness become the defining factor in your life or in the life of someone you love. Contact West River Mental Health to begin the road toward positive possible change. Referrals and inquiries are handled by our reception staff—they can be reached by calling the office nearest you.
Services available at West River Mental Health for all of our programs listed below may include psychiatric medication management, individual therapy, co-occurring and chemical dependency services, family support and education, advocacy and education about community resources, multiple group opportunities, and education and support on activities of daily living.
