Sound’s Laura Bruco, BA, clinician with the Transition Support Program presented on the topic: 1st Diagnosis Aftercare: What Happens Next? How to effectively support your loved one after a mental health diagnosis. The conference was a sold-out event at the Overlake Paccar Education Center.
Community Psychiatric Clinic and Sound, two providers of mental health and addiction treatment services in King County for more than 50 years, announced today their intent to combine operations to form a new, larger provider under the Sound name and brand.
As more Sound clients migrate out of the central Puget Sound area, Sound is making moves of its own. In spring of this year, Sound will open its 15th location, in the Kent business district, to ensure that clients who live in the area can more easily access the care they need.
Of those diagnosed with bipolar disorder or schizophrenia, an estimated 40-60 percent also have a condition called anosognosia, a neurological phenomenon where the patient is unaware and/or unable to accept his or her neurological deficit or psychiatric condition. We encounter these clients when they quit taking their medication, claiming that they are not sick. They … Continue Reading »
Ever wanted to impact a life for the better but maybe didn’t know how? Well now is your chance. Dale Anderson, a 15 year Sound team member, will be offering a free course to teach you to identify and respond to signs of mental distress in our community.