I have a question regarding getting low cost emergency help for people with bipolar disorder. It seems to me that this is something that differs from state to state in the United States. I have a family member who is bipolar and she has had manic attacks once in a great while. Is there some service nationwide that offers low cost emergency medical assistance?

As I said, it seems to differ from state to state. When we lived in California (Santa Barbara, specifically) and she was manic, she went to some sort of center (by way of a very understanding policeman) where she and I were evaluated and she was prescribed an anti-psychotic.

In time, she was starting to get better back then when she was taking this medicine. Since I was not aware of the details of her illness -- and thought she was having a nervous breakdown (and I did not trust the psychiatry industry back then) I had her spend time with some relatives. But all this is in the past.

We are not living in California now. We are living in Washington State. And I do not see any similar organization around. Is there?