Mental Health: Behavioral Health Treatment in New York City
Mental health treatment is something that affects many industries – some more than others. First responders and other workers who face traumatic events on a daily basis may be affected by problems with their mental health or someone may develop a mental health problem regardless of their work. When someone has mental health problems, they may seek relief through drugs and alcohol, worsening the situation until professional help is the only real solution.
Union First is an employee assistance program that supports its members with services such as job protection for people suffering from mental health issues that are seeking professional help. We also help union members with placement at the best rehabs and mental healthcare facilities in New York, giving you easy-to-digest information on your options and helping you to find in-network behavioral health services in New York City that will be able to treat you.
Table of Contents
- What is Behavioral Health
- ADA Coverage for Mental Health Conditions & Behavioral Health
- PTSD
- Substance Abuse
- Alcoholism
- Drug Abuse and Addiction
- Dual Diagnosis
- Clinical Depression
- Prescription Drug Abuse and Addiction
- Mental Health Services Delivered via Telehealth
- Union First Helps Our Clients Keep Their Jobs While Undergoing Behavioral Health Treatment
- Why Choose Union First
What is Behavioral Health?
Behavioral health is a term that is often used interchangeably with mental health. While these two terms are very similar there are some differences, too. Mental health is exclusively someone’s psychological state while behavioral health looks at not just the person’s mental state but also their physical situation and condition.
Behavioral health services also refer to substance use disorder or addiction which is not only classified as a mental health disorder in the DSM-V but has a significant impact on a person’s physical health. Their behavior, essentially, is what is causing both mental health and physical health problems. Therefore, behavioral health services provide treatments that help you with mental health issues as well as the physical side effects that may be present.
ADA Coverage for Mental Health Conditions & Behavioral Health
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was written into law in 1990 to provide comprehensive rights to help protect people with disabilities such as mental health disorders with regard to their employment and other important areas such as transportation, telecommunications, public accommodation, and state and local government services. It essentially provides you with civil rights if you have a mental health disorder or other disability so that you can’t be fired on your disability alone.
Union First helps to protect members’ jobs when they seek behavioral health services such as addiction treatment. We will enforce the laws that are there to protect people from being fired for mental health issues so that you can get the professional treatment that you need to overcome and manage your mental health disorder including substance use disorder. It is one of the key services that we provide for Union Members Behavioral Services.
PTSD Treatments in New York City
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is something that affects as much as 6 percent of the U.S. population and in any given year, affects roughly 12 million people. When effective treatment for PTSD is not found, the untreated symptoms can lead a person to abuse drugs and alcohol to find some relief. However, over time, addiction is likely going to form due to the addictive properties of drugs and alcohol and the untreated PTSD symptoms will still remain.
Union First can help you to get behavioral health treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder so that you don’t have to suffer from the symptoms in silence and have it slowly become more prominent in your life and potentially lead to addiction and other serious issues such as suicidal ideation.
Substance Abuse
Substance abuse is a major concern in the United States. Prescription drugs and drugs such as heroin, cocaine, meth, and other addictive drugs can quickly lead to addiction especially when a person has addiction risk factors that lie in their biology, environment, or development. Substance abuse has a cause, and the cause of drug and alcohol abuse should be treated to prevent substance abuse and relapse.
With Union First as your employee assistance program, we will help you find placement at rehab treatment centers in New York City so that substance abuse doesn’t become the vocal point of your life, leading to problems in your relationship, work, mental health, physical health, and overall well-being.
Alcoholism
Alcoholism, like other substance use disorders, is a mental health disorder. Alcohol use disorder and alcoholism are not only dangerous to your health, but they can also lead to many long-term physical and mental health problems such as cancer and various mental health disorder such as dementia and nutritional deficiencies such as Korsakoff Syndrome.
Finding the right alcohol addiction treatment center that can treat your alcoholism and explore potential mental health causes such as PTSD is important. Union First helps its members to find the right alcohol rehab center in New York City while protecting their jobs during treatment.
Drug Addiction
Drug addiction includes addiction to meth, cocaine, heroin, fentanyl, and other addictive drugs. Drug abuse and addiction can form very quickly in a person who is susceptible to addiction due to their addiction risk factors such as addiction running in the family, mental health issues, and other common causes. It’s never too late to find accredited addiction treatment for drug addiction and Union First can help you as a member to get the best treatment that is ideal for you.
Dual Diagnosis
Dual diagnosis is a term that refers to co-occurring mental health disorders. Essentially, a person may have another mental health disorder such as PTSD that is co-occurring with their addiction – another mental health disorder. In these cases, it’s important that you receive treatment for both disorders at the same time to help prevent relapse. Dual diagnosis treatment is offered at many behavioral health treatment centers in New York City – and Union First can help you with placement at these rehabs.
Clinical Depression
Clinical depression can be tough to deal with alone. While it may seem difficult to reach out for help and easier to use drugs or alcohol to self-medicate, it’s important that you reach out to find the help you need to overcome your clinical depression. Let Union First help you to get the mental health services that you need to overcome your depression – you are not alone and we are here to help you find professional treatment and protect your job while you recover.
Prescription Drug Abuse and Addiction
Even when following a prescription, you can still become addicted. Prescription drug addiction can develop in anyone and when it does, you may only realize it after you’ve already become severely dependent on the drug. Getting addiction treatment for RX drug abuse is imperative to prevent further problems including drug overdose.
Mental Health Services Delivered via Telehealth – Online Behavioral Health Services
With a new technological age comes new ways to get key behavioral health services online. Union First will help you with access to telehealth which is a term used to describe therapy and counseling that you receive over the phone or through a computer, giving you direct contact with a behavioral health specialist who can provide accredited therapy and counseling no matter where you are in the world.
Union First Helps Our Clients Keep Their Jobs While Undergoing Behavioral Health Treatment
If you suffer from a mental illness and need health care but fear what that might mean for your job, then Union First can help. Behavioral health care is something that you have a right to under the Americans with Disabilities Act and we will help to ensure that you get the representation that will prevent employers from firing you just because you are seeking behavioral health care.
If you have PTSD, depression, anxiety, eating disorders, substance use disorder, or any other mental illness, then Union First will help you to get behavioral therapy and behavioral health care while protecting your job. It is one of the most important employee assistance programs that we provide for our members.
Why Choose Union First
Union First has your best interest in mind. We are there for you to help you with any mental health and substance use disorder treatment that you may need. Our placement services will assist you in finding the best behavioral health providers in New York City, matching your recovery needs with the available behavioral therapy such as cognitive-behavioral therapy.
Our case management services are focused on the person, helping the individual get treatment instead of just processing the case as another number. We also provide advocacy in the workplace, robust training modules, and access to telehealth for all of our union members.
If you are dealing with mental health and substance abuse problems, then give Union First a call today to find out about our membership benefits and how they can help you to find the treatment you need while also protecting your job.