Before You Need Help, Plan Ahead!

Resources for Medical & Behavioral Health

Medical Care and Your Insurance

UW STUDENTS

NON-UW STUDENTS

  • Check in with your home university to learn if you have access to any of their resources during your term at FHL.

ALL STUDENTS

  • Check your health insurance plan to see if there’s a 24/7 Medical Advice Hotline. Most plans have this service, and it’s a good way to get immediate medical advice.
  • Contact your health insurance plan to determine your level of coverage for visits to Peace Island Peace Health (PIPH) Medical Center and PIPH Emergency Room in Friday Harbor AND for medical emergency air transport.
  • In cases of medical emergency, patients may require airlift transport to a hospital on the mainland. This transport is extremely costly, and many health insurance plans only cover some of this cost.  Consider enrolling one or more of the three available programs for medivac flights from San Juan Island:
    • AirLift NW of WA. Requires health insurance; covers copay or coinsurance costs. Subscription cost (as of July 2023) $60/year for household.
    • Island Air Ambulance. Requires health insurance; covers copay or coinsurance costs. Subscription cost (as of July 2023) $25/3 months, $39/year for household.
    • Lifeflight. Does not require health insurance.  Subscription cost (as of July 2023) $75/year for household.

Mental Well-Being

  • Psychology Today – www.psychologytoday.com. Lists individual mental health providers with their profiles, and allows you to filter by their focus areas, accepted insurance, virtual vs. in-person availability, etc.
  • Open Path Collective – www.openpathcollective.org. Affordable counseling options including virtual.
  • Multicultural Counselors – www.multiculturalcounselors.org. Helps you find a Washington state counselor that matches your ethnicity, religion or language preference.
  • Asian Mental Health Collective – www.asianmhc.org. Resources and information for AAPI mental health, including therapy database.
  • NAMI Washington – www.namiwa.org/index.php/get-help-support
  • Forefront – www.intheforefront.org.  Suicide Prevention resources and information through UW
  • Crisis Text Line – www.crisistextline.org. Text HOME to 741741 to connect with a Crisis Counselor

ADDITIONAL VIRTUAL THERAPY OPTIONS

  • BetterHelp, https://www.betterhelp.com
  • Talkspace, https://www.talkspace.com

APPS, AVAILABLE ON IPHONES & ANDROID

  • Intellect – A free app for Cognitive Behavior Therapy practices
  • Calm Harm – A free app for DBT practices to manage self-harm urges
  • Breathe2relax – A free stress management tool
  • Headspace – A meditation and sleep app, both free and paid versions
  • Waking Up – A meditation app that is subscription-based but offers a free year for those with financial need.
  • Calm – A meditation and sleep app with a free 7-day trial and then subscription
  • MySSP – counseling support; available only to UW students (enrolled in a UW degree program) (Apple App Store | Google Play)

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