​MPS COVID Cares Support Service ​Information Page

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Click here to connect 9am-9pm daily.  

One click connections on your cell phone! ​

No appointments. No waiting. Just here for you when you need support.

Free Service for Healthcare Workers, First Responders, & Essential Personnel
Call to speak with someone in a safe, anonymous and confidential environment when you are free between 9am and 9pm.
One click connections on your cell phone!

What are COVID Care support services?
MPS is teaming with the MN Psychological Association, the MN Black Psychologists Association, and the Mental Health MN to offer special 20-minute support services calls to support Minnesota health care workers, first responders and essential personnel to manage the stress and emotional toll of being on the front lines of this pandemic. 

• No appointments. No waiting. Just here for you when you need support.
• COVID Care services are NOT THERAPY​. They are NOT TREATMENT.
• How long with the service be available? COVID Care services will be available as needed with an endpoint to be determined.
• ​Volunteer providers are licensed psychologists, psychiatrists, therapists, alcohol and drug counselors, social workers, nurse practitioners, etc. 

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​Volunteers (Please sign up today)

• Volunteer Application

​​COVID-19 Resources for Healthcare Clinics

• Click here for: COVID Federal Financial Support Programs
• Click here for: APA Survey collecting funding access concerns & needs.

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Free On-Demand Webinars from APA and SMI Advisor: COVID-19 Response

• How to Address COVID-19 Across Inpatient, Residential and other Non-Ambulatory Care Settings

• Telepsychiatry in the Era of COVID-19
• Managing the Mental Health Effects of COVID-19

​​COVID-19 Resources for Healthcare Workers

Find MH/SUD Services

• Adult mental health crisis response phone numbers 
• FastTrackerMN.org  - Find real-time openings for Substance Use Disorder Treatment Programs and availability for mental health services.​
• COVID Cares Support Services - Contact a volunteer for as-needed support.

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Self Help Resources

• Mental Health MN Resources for Providers and Clients 
  - Warmline - Call (877) 404-3190 toll-free or text "Support" to 85511, Mon-Sat, 5PM-10PM
  - CONNECT initiative - Connects volunteers with those struggling with social isolation - To sign up to get "connected" with volunteers, call (800) 862-1799 or visit www.mentalhealthmn.org
• Ten Percent Happier has made subscriptions to its app available free to healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. The app offers meditations from the world's top mindfulness experts. 
• How Healthcare Personnel Can Take Care of Themselves  (CSTS)
• Disaster and Trauma Resource Center

• Call to Mind's website now includes content and resources for mental well-being and coping with coronavirus.
• The Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians (MAFP) in partnership with others is hosting a twice weekly COVID ECHO.
• ICSI Mental Health Support for the Healthcare Workforce 
• Self care / Meditation  Headspace 
• Mental Health and Coping During COVID-19 
• Mayo Clinic COVID Self Help Resources 
• Managing Anxiety and Stress​
• 5 signs your coronavirus anxiety has turned serious, threatening your mental health, and what to do about it  

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