GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas & DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--While the upcoming holiday season is meant to bring feelings of love and cheer, the devastation caused by Hurricane Harvey paired with winter blues may result in many Texans struggling and feeling depressed. To address these heightened stressors, both now and throughout the new year, Amerigroup Texas is working together with myStrength, Inc., an innovative leader in digital behavioral healthcare, to provide mental health and wellness resources to all Amerigroup Texas members who sign up for an account by February 28, 2018.
Through this collaboration with myStrength, Inc., Amerigroup Texas members can now have access to online behavioral health resources during the holidays and in 2018. These digital resources, which are available 24/7, promote emotional wellness for those struggling with anxiety, stress, depression, substance use disorders, chronic pain and sleeplessness and to help them manage and overcome challenges.
“Amerigroup Texas is committed to ensuring that our members have expanded access to high-quality service and integrated healthcare. Naturally, a disaster is incredibly hard on residents who are coping with the long-term effects, and this is further compounded by the holiday season, which is often a stressful time for some residents,” said Amerigroup Texas Medical Director Dr. Franklin Chen. “The collaboration between Amerigroup Texas and myStrength seeks to provide tools for well-being and also address access challenges. By increasing our members’ access to digital behavioral healthcare during the holidays, we hope to improve their emotional health and well-being today, and throughout the coming years.”
myStrength’s evidence-based resources use interactive technology-driven tools for treating behavioral health disorders such as stress, depression, anxiety, substance use disorder, chronic pain and sleep disorders. With access to a range of individualized information, interactive digital modules and self-care applications, the myStrength platform helps bridge the gap between therapy visits, allowing clients to navigate through issues and address problems. myStrength is available 24/7 to Amerigroup Texas members and can be accessed from any mobile device or computer, even at a public library.
myStrength’s tools and activities offer low-risk, effective solutions for managing behavioral health issues for members aged 13 or older. myStrength consistently demonstrates high levels of consumer adoption, satisfaction, engagement and clinical improvement. On average, users of myStrength experienced 18 times greater reduction in depression within only two weeks.
“The vast majority of people who struggle with mental illness, unfortunately, do not receive effective care or support, and that is compounded during stressful times,” said Scott Cousino, myStrength’s Co-Founder and CEO. “We are proud to collaborate with Amerigroup Texas to extend access to behavioral healthcare — each and every day, and especially during those trying months following a disaster. myStrength provides an effective way to help those struggling with challenges, offering members free, user-friendly and individualized resources on their own terms.”
Amerigroup Texas members can access myStrength resources through their member portal https://www.myamerigroup.com/tx/pages/welcome.aspx and by clicking on the myStrength icon on the top right-hand side of the website that will take them to the myStrength member sign up page. Amerigroup Texas encourages any members requiring immediate behavioral health support to call 1-800-600-4441.
About Amerigroup Texas
Amerigroup Texas helps improve health care access and quality for approximately 850,000 low-income Texans by developing innovative care management programs and services. Members are assured care that is not only accessible, but also accountable, comprehensive, integrated and patient-centered. Amerigroup Texas provides ongoing community relations and outreach to encourage members to become active participants in their health care. Through health education programs, members are empowered to choose and sustain a healthy lifestyle.
About myStrength
myStrength, Inc. is a recognized leader in digital behavioral health. myStrength greatly enhances traditional care models, while addressing issues of cost, lack of access, and stigma, to deliver mental health and well-being resources at scale. Grounded in evidence-based approaches, our platform targets the most prevalent and costly behavioral health conditions ─ empowering consumers with innovative self-care resources to manage and overcome challenges with depression, anxiety, stress, substance use disorder, chronic pain and sleep. myStrength collaborates with more than 140 health plans, integrated health systems, EAPs, disease management providers, managed and community behavioral health providers, strategic alliances, ACOs and FQHCs. For more information, please visit www.myStrength.com.
