• Confidentiality and Privacy

• Professional Responsibility

• Relationships With Other Professionals

• Evaluation, Assessment, and Interpretation

• Supervision, Training, and Teaching

• Research and Publication

• Distance Counseling, Technology, and Social Media

• Resolving Ethical Issues

American Counseling Association. (2014). ACA Code of Ethics. https://www.counseling.org/docs/default-source/default-document-library/ethics/2014-aca-code-of-ethics.pdf?sfvrsn=55ab73d0_1

• 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline: Call or text 9-8-8.

  • TTY: Use your preferred relay service or dial 711 then 9-8-8.

• 2-1-1 Texas: Call or text 2-1-1 or visit the 2-1-1 Texas site.

• Crisis Text Line: Text 741741 (Available 24/7).

• Veterans Crisis Line: Call 9-8-8 and press 1.

• Breathe2Relax– Stress management tools and exercises (iTunes) (Google Play)

• Suicide Safer Home – Practical tips for parents and caregivers (iTunes) (Google Play)

• Texas Veterans – Access local, state and national resources (iTunes) (Google Play)

Mobile Crisis Outreach Team (MCOT): team made up of an array of qualified and highly trained mental health professionals who are available for immediate response 24 hours a day throughout 7 counties. MCOT services focus on providing timely crisis assessments and development of a treatment plan unique to the individual’s needs.

Crisis Respite Unit: Located at the Lloyd Downing Campus the crisis respite unit offers a 12-bed voluntary Crisis Respite Unit, serving all individuals throughout our 7 counties. The average length of stay for individuals is 7 days, which includes linking to resources, providing skills training, group therapy, and psychiatric stabilization for individuals to return back to their community successfully.

Community Based Inpatient Crisis Stabilization: Community Based Inpatient Crisis Stabilization is provided to individuals at the time of crisis as a last resort if a less restrictive option is not available. MHMR Concho Valley contracts with local behavioral health hospitals in San Angelo & the West Texas area. The goal is to assist a person through a crisis, when they are presenting as an imminent danger to self or others, or at risk of continued decline of mental health.

Crisis services. (n.d.). https://mhmrcv.org/crisis-services/

• Tom Green County Sheriff's Office: (325) 655-8111

• San Angelo Police Department: (325) 481-2696

• MHMR Crises Line: (325) 653-5933 or 1-800-375-8965 24 hours a day

• Crisis Intervention Unit: (325) 658-3921

• MHMR Respite: (325) 658-3961

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2024, June24). Cultural competence in health and human services. National Prevention Information Network. https://npin.cdc.gov/pages/cultural-competence-health-and-human-services#what

Another part of this assignment that I realized is that unless an individual like myself is doing research and learning continually it can be very difficult for just anyone to sit down and find out why they have been diagnosed with OCD or PTSD. From my perspective having a reference guide that has listed some of the major disorders that tend to be mostly common in society in different ways is going to continue to assist me in the future professional career to always remember how mental health has many branches that can be sometimes confusing for some individuals to understand and this is where counselors can provide better assistance and a foundation to help the clients.

• Contact and Engagement: To respond to contacts initiated by survivors, or to initiate contacts in a non-intrusive, compassionate, and helpful manner.

• Safety and Comfort: To enhance immediate and ongoing safety, and provide physical and emotional comfort.

• Stabilization (if needed): To calm and orient emotionally overwhelmed or disoriented survivors.

• Information Gathering on Current Needs and Concerns: To identify immediate needs and concerns, gather additional information, and tailor Psychological First Aid interventions.

• Practical Assistance: To offer practical help to survivors in addressing immediate needs and concerns.

• Connection with Social Supports: To help establish brief or ongoing contacts with primary support persons and other sources of support, including family members, friends, and community helping resources.

• Information on Coping: To provide information about stress reactions and coping to reduce distress and promote adaptive functioning.

• Linkage with Collaborative Services: To link survivors with available services needed at the time or in the future.

  
  

  National Child Traumatic Stress Network (2020). Psychological First Aid and SPR. https://www.nctsn.org/treatments-and-practices/psychological-first-aid-and-skills-for-psychological-recovery/about-pfa

It was interesting for me working in my group for Substance Abuse and realizing how everyone in the group had different perspectives about how to approach substance abuse and developing a treatment plan and although we shared the same purpose of assisting the client, I still learned the influence it can have to know other support systems that can be also use as referrals.

According to WHO (2022), "Promotion and prevention interventions work by identifying the individual, social and structural determinants of mental health, and then intervening to reduce risks, build resilience and establish supportive environments for mental health. Interventions can be designed for individuals, specific groups or whole populations" (World Health Organization: WHO, 2022).

World Health Organization: WHO. (2022, June 17). Mental health. https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/mental-health-strengthening-our-response