Renown Health is launching a new confidential mental health service designed specifically for healthcare professionals and first responders who are experiencing a behavioral health crisis.
The new program, called Code Phoenix, is now available through the Renown Crisis Care Center in partnership with the Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health. The goal is to provide a safe and private path to short term mental health stabilization for people who routinely face trauma, high stress and life or death decision making.
Leaders at Renown say the program was created out of a deep understanding of the emotional and physical demands placed on physicians, nurses, paramedics, dispatchers, firefighters, police officers and other emergency personnel. Dr. Takesha Cooper, chair of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences for Renown Health and the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine, says Code Phoenix is designed to remove barriers that often keep people from getting help. She explains that concerns about confidentiality or the fear of being judged can prevent professionals from reaching out. Code Phoenix is built to counter that by offering privacy and respect from the first phone call to the last step of care…