Often, handling mental health means juggling multiple appointments, keeping track of which insurance covers what, and finding the right resources in a timely manner.
When you need to organize several services or many providers, targeted case management can easily streamline all these processes by bringing them all together for you.
What is Targeted Case Management?
Think of it as having a personal guide for your health.
Targeted case management entails the provision of services by a trained professional case manager who works with you to:
- Coordinate your care
- Connect you with relevant resources
- Help you meet mental health, social, legal, and medical needs
Your case manager is not your therapist or psychiatrist; they coordinate with your whole care team.
They ensure all parts of the treatments are in perfect harmony with each other.
How It Actually Works
You start with a case manager who will sit down with you to understand what’s happening. It’s not a one-size-fits-all. It’s all about you and what you need.
Here’s what they could do:
- Assessment and planning. Planning with a case manager can include discussions of goals, challenges, and the existing support system
- Resource coordination. They can help you find and get in touch with therapy, support groups, or programs in the community
- Scheduling. No more phone tag or missed appointments
- Insurance navigation. They help decode the confusing world of mental health benefits
- Crisis Support. When things get hard, they do their best to get you access to emergency resources
- Regular check-ins. They stay in touch to see how you are doing and make changes to your plan as needed
Who Can Benefit from Targeted Case Management?
So, you may be asking yourself whether case management is what you or a loved one needs. Many adolescents and adults can use such support when faced with:
- Complex mental health conditions warranting multiple treatments or high intensity/ frequency of treatment
- Life transitions, e.g., joining college, shifting jobs, relocation to a new place, etc
- Numerous healthcare providers who’d need to talk to smooth your care
- Unclear insurance/financial barriers to care accommodation
- Family concerns in case a young person requires more help in finding their way around mental health resources
- Overwhelmed with mental health systems and not sure where to start
Such a service is especially valuable for youth on their way to adulthood and for grown-ups in handling complex mental health needs.
The Real Benefits You’ll Experience
Working with a targeted case manager can revolutionize your experience of care.
Instead of feeling that you have to do everything alone, there will be someone on your side who understands the system.
Many people find that case management reduces their stress significantly.
When someone else is coordinating appointments, following up on referrals, and ensuring nothing falls through the cracks, you can really concentrate on your healing and growth.
Case managers also serve as advocates for a client.
If that person has trouble accessing a service or just feels that their voice is not being heard, the case manager can step in and make sure that person receives the assistance they deserve.
Different Types of Mental Health Case Management
All case management services are not similar, and you may receive the assistance of different types of case managers, depending on your needs:
- Clinical case management: Provided by licensed mental health professionals who can offer some therapeutic support alongside coordination
- Broker case management: Helps mainly in connecting you to resources and services
- Intensive case management: For individuals requiring more frequent contact and support due to higher service needs
- Peer case management: Leaders/advocates with their lived experience with recovery from the challenges of mental health
Targeted case management usually involves high-need individuals and ensures personalized, continuous coordination across multiple systems for them.
Getting the Case Management Assistance You Need
Restoration Children Facilities provides targeted case management services to youth between 12 and 18 years of age and adults from 18 to 55 years.
We work with individuals who are managing such conditions as PTSD, mood disorders, bipolar disorder, depression, or anxiety.
We offer individualized coordination of mental health, social, legal, and medical needs.
You may call your insurance company to check on covered case management services.
Making the Most of Targeted Case Management
The best results will come if you are prepared to come open and prepared to be open about your needs and goals in case management.
A case manager can help you if you let them, so disclosing your challenges and what you hope to achieve is very important.
Don’t be shy about questioning or voicing concern if something feels wrong. Good case managers will want to fine-tune their approach to better serve you.
Is Targeted Case Management Right for You?
If you’re feeling overwhelmed or stuck and could use a bit more help in navigating the world of mental health care, then targeted case management may just be the thing you need.
It isn’t that you can’t manage things by yourself; it is that one has more ease and efficacy on the journey with support in place.
Many young people and adults working with a case manager find that it actually helps them become more independent over time.
And the more you learn to navigate the system and build your support network, the better you will be at managing your mental health care.
Next Steps
You don’t have to go at it alone, figuring everything out.
We get it at Restoration Children Facilities that mental health care is certainly challenging to navigate for youth transitioning into adulthood and even for adults managing ongoing mental health needs.
We have a team here to support and guide you through accessing the right resources to build a solid foundation of mental wellness.
Whether you are new to the mental health journey or wish to simplify your existing care, we can help!
Get in touch with Restoration Children Facilities today to know more about our targeted case management services and how we can help you or your loved one achieve long-term mental health and wellness.
FAQs
What is the purpose of mental health case management?
Mental health case management is a means of positively coordinating one’s treatment, linking one to resources, and facilitating easy navigation of the mental health system through continuous support and advocacy.
Why do we need case management?
The management allows for comprehensive, coordinated care which is easy to manage in the face of multiple appointments, providers, and resources.
Why do we need to manage our mental health?
Because staying in control of your mental health keeps the not-so-big issues from getting bigger, upgrades your total quality of living, arms you, and supports you to deal with whatever life throws at you.
What is the meaning of mental health management?
It is the continued process of preserving and enhancing your psychological well-being through:
- Strategies
- Treatments
- Specific support systems
