COVID-19 Emotional Support Line for Healthcare Workers

A new emotional support phone line is now available for frontline healthcare workers impacted by the coronavirus. If you are a nurse, physician, first responder or other healthcare professional experiencing feelings of stress, anxiety, sadness, or depression related to your work, the COVID-19 Emotional Support Line is staffed by trained volunteers who can help (please note this is not a crisis line).

The number is 888-MHART-TN (888-642-7886)

The support line is available from 6 a.m. - 10 p.m. (CT), 7 a.m. - 11 p.m. (ET)

The Emotional Support Line provides free and confidential support, helping callers experiencing increased anxiety due to the coronavirus emergency.
The Emotional Support Line is staffed by volunteer mental health professionals.
Emotional Support Line volunteers provide short term, non-professional emotional support to the caller.
This service does not provide clinical, medical, or therapeutic service.

TWhen your call is connected, you will hear an automated recording describing the service and will be connected to a live volunteer.

If you are in a mental health crisis and have thoughts of self-harm, please contact the Tennessee Crisis Line at 1-855-274-7471.

The Bookstore and Clearinghouse has resumed normal business hours Monday through Friday from 8 am to 5 pm CT.

Face masks are required and will be available. We look forward to serving you!

Families fight insurers for life-saving care for loved ones with mental health conditions

Every year, an estimated 1 in 5 American adults experiences mental illness. When it comes to insurance coverage, the law is clear. The federal Mental Health Parity legislation passed in 2008 requires health insurers to provide at least equal coverage for mental health conditions, as they do for medical and surgical care. But as CBS News' Dr. Jon LaPook found out, some families still have to fight to get the life-saving care their loved ones need. Full Story https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mental-health-insurance-coverage-families-fight-for-life-saving-care/

July 2020

Check out the new quarterly TAADAS Times by clicking here.

April 2020

Check out the April 2020 quarterly TAADAS Times by clicking here.

January 2020

The January TAADAS Times has been published! Read this edition here.

Renew your memberships

Membership shall be open to individuals or entities with an interest in addiction, cooccurring, prevention, or recovery support services and subject to payment of membership dues. Click here to learn more.

Your right to treatment

Don't be denied your right to mental health and addiction treatment. The Kennedy Forum's new campaign, Don't Deny Me, can help people who have been denied coverage for behavioral health. Contact them here.

TAADAS releases 2020 legislative report

With the adoption of HJR 1247 a little after 3am on Friday, June 19, the 111th General Assembly adjourned sine die that is, without a date to return. The 112th General Assembly will convene in organizational session on January 12, 2021. Read the full report here.

TAADAS Announces 2020 Legislative Priorities

TAADAS has chosen the following:
• Fund Adult Residential Treatment
• Enforce Parity
• Support Prescription Privileges for Nurse Practitioners and Physician's Assistants
• Expand Access to Quality Recovery Housing
• Expand Services for Pregnant and Post-Partum Women

Read more on our Advocacy Page under the "On the Hill" section.