What just happened sounds like Science Fiction, and what should come to mind? A famous and terrifying story now that life is beginning to get back to normal again? For the past 12 months, the entire world has been in a unified and sometimes desperate struggle to find out what to do about the foreign invasion of the human body. According to WebMD: “A virus infects your body by entering healthy cells…There, the invader makes copies of itself and multiplies throughout your body… latching its spiky surface proteins to receptors on healthy cells, especially those in the lungs…once inside, the coronavirus hijacks healthy cells and takes command…eventually…killing some of the healthy cells.” For the adventurer out there, young and old alike, this description brings to mind H.G. Wells’ science fiction story
Submitted by AMHS-KLFA – December 17th
This spring, Addiction and Mental Health Services of Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington (AMHSKFLA) launched an innovative, collaborative program with the Frontenac Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) to better serve persons suffering with mental health and addiction issues in the Frontenac area. Rural residents in Frontenac can access collaborative support from policing and mental health support services.
Experienced mental health staff at AMHS-KFLA are now partnering with the Frontenac OPP Detachment to respond to emergency and non-emergency mental health calls in the community. Staff are embedded at the detachment and a Rural Mobile Crisis Response Team (MCRT)/Transitional Case Manager may ride along or be dispatched to attend to calls with a mental health component alongside officers.