Rating Page for the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS) in Connecticut
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I am the aunt of a dually diagnosed 25 year old female with Bipolar Illness II, and a history of Opiod Dependence. She is living in an apartment in Wallingford. Her parents and sister also live in Wallingford. She is having difficulty with transportation to doctors appointments and currently uses an APRN to prescribe meds and is only able to see a clinician 2 x per month because both people have to be paid cash. She lost her drivers license 3 years ago, so it is difficult for her to get to apointments, especially in Wallingford, where there seems to be no mental health services. She was going to Rushfords outpatient program, but has out grown it, and at tiimes, group services were not available due to lack of clinicians. Individual clinical work was provided on emergency basis only. She is isolated in her apartment and relatives cannot always be there for her. I am looking for a caseworker to visit her, maybe even a visiting nurse, since she does not always take her meds as prescribed. She could also use some help with food stamps and rental assistant, since she is always short money for food after she pays her rent and electric bill. I currently pay for her phone and internet services and cable services so she can go to a community college. The phone is important because of a near death overdose at least once. Any help you can lead me to would be helpful. I can also have her call directly, if there are services.
Thank you, DeMusis, LCSW.