What is Fentanyl? Fentanyl is a potent synthetic opioid drug approved by the Food and Drug Administration for use as an analgesic (pain relief) and anesthetic. It is approximately 100 times more potent than morphine and 50 times more potent than heroin as an analgesic. How is it abused? Injected, snorted/sniffed, smoked, taken orally by [...]
Has the pandemic changed how many hours you’re sitting per day? Our homes are our new workplaces. Still more have followed recommendations to stay home to stop the spread of COVID-19. While these are good changes, they have led a number of us to sit much more than we did pre-pandemic. Think about your day. [...]
Should you be worried about your kids having more screen time during the pandemic and with virtual learning? With pandemic learning, online school, and hybrid school models in full swing, screen time has increased for adults and kids alike. Like any good parent, you may worry about just how much time your child is spending [...]
We have reached the anniversary of the Covid-19 pandemic. A year is an incredibly long time to go through something, especially when our world has been turned upside down. It was a year ago that lock downs were put into place, and we began to realize just how different everything would be. Masks, isolation, the [...]
Tri-County Mental Health Services saves hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars, prevents crime, and helps individuals in our community break the cycle of alcohol and other drug addiction through its participation in the Treatment Court programs. Through six Treatment Courts in Clay, Platte and Ray Counties, the focus is on the underlying mental health issues [...]
The March 2021 employee spotlight is Brande Rash! She’s been with Tri-County for five years and is a Crisis Clinician and Hospital Liaison most recently developing her role as hospital liaison. What started as simple follow-up calls regarding clients post hospitalization, has grown into an important position at Tri-County reaching out to the local psychiatric [...]
Live virtual conference offers attendees customizable conference schedule with convenient session times Mental Health KC will be a professional live virtual conference this year offering two days of sessions on May 6 and 7 focusing on mental health and overall wellbeing. Registration is open at mentalhealthkc.org. For $50, conference attendees have the flexibility of building [...]
We're taking time this month to reflect on the past 12 months, and looking towards a brighter future with vaccines and the reduction of the virus in our communities. When COVID-19 hit in March of 2020, we quickly transitioned from in-person services to nearly all virtual services conducted via phone and video. Today, we are [...]
Jim Schmidt has been a board member for Tri-County Mental Health services for many years, and he recently announced he and his wife, Jeanne, have provided a planned gift for Tri-County as part of their estate planning. “Working on the Tri-County Board has helped me see the important work they do throughout the Northland, including [...]
Have you been putting off your routine doctor’s appointments due to the pandemic? When the country shut down in March 2020 for quarantine, most normal business stopped. Everything that wasn’t pandemic related took a back seat so that all efforts could be focused on stopping the spread of the virus. As a result, many appointments [...]
