As many of you know, a recent report from Mental Health America highlights the fact that Oregon has some of the highest rates of mental illness and substance use challenges in the nation -- yet we have fewer resources to get treatment and mental health care.
An incredible young woman, Amanda Southworth, 20, taught herself to code and create apps when she was just 13 years old. She has recently developed an app to help increase access to care for mental health: Aetheria. Aetheria is a free mental illness management app.
Amanda says; "trying to find help is really hard. Especially with the state the hospitals are in, the state all the therapists are in, you can't even get on a waitlist to get on a waitlist anymore," she said. "Why we made Aetheria, why we situated ourselves there. We're trying to be a safety net for people. We can't replace therapists, we can't replace mental health hospitals, but what we can do is give people the tools they need to potentially hold on a little longer while the systems hopefully work themselves out."
To learn more, please visit: https://www.withastra.org or https://apps.apple.com/us/app/aetheria/id1028767781 to download the free app.
Thanks Amanda for helping increase access to care for mental health! 
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