Washington Basic Health Plan. There are a number of BHP provider plans in King County to choose from. Your primary care physician must refer you to mental health services within the provider plan you are enrolled in e.g. Group Health, Virginia Mason, etc. These children are given a Medicaid coupon to cover mental health, vision and dental. These Medicaid coupons entitle them to PHP mental health services.
Any physician can prescribe psychiatric medications.
However, the medications prescribed to treat mental illness are powerful drugs and require expertise and a level of monitoring to ensure that you are safely stable. If you don't have a doctor, don't have much money, have been on medication successfully before and especially if you are on a waiting list for counseling services, the community medical clinics will sometimes prescribe medication on a sliding fee scale. They may be able to make an appointment for you or give you another referral. Providers in the publicly funded mental health system are required to post their internal complaint and grievance procedures. If you are not able to resolve a complaint with a provider, you have two immediate options for assistance.