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Mental Health Travel
Flight nurses specialized in psychiatry and mental health
At Jet Companion we have commercial medical escorts in our team who are specialized and experienced in mental health nursing. We offer comprehensive transport solutions onboard commercial flights or private charters for travelers with a mental health condition that requires one-on-one support from a nurse escort, as directed by a mental health team.
Mental health crisis overseas
For travelers who experience a mental health crisis while they are in another country, evacuation to their home community can be difficult to organize. Not everyone is covered for repatriation services through their travel insurance and not all mental health conditions get approved for medical repatriation assistance.
Boarding a commercial flight back home, involves medical clearance with often, a mandatory waiting period to stabilize enough to be considered fit to fly, and deployment of a commercial medical escort as a condition for commercial air travel.
Admission to treatment centers overseas
Our flight nurse accompany individuals who are traveling to rehab facilities or specialized treatment centers. We offer uninterrupted travel support and transfer of care at the receiving facility. Cases include international transportation to clinics that specialize in eating disorders, severe anxiety, PTSS or addiction treatment.
Boarding a commercial flight back home, involves medical clearance with often, a mandatory waiting period to stabilize enough to be considered fit to fly, and deployment of a commercial medical escort as a condition for commercial air travel.
Fear of flying or aviophobia
Of every 100 random people, 45 experience some degree of flight anxiety: 22 never fly, 13 only fly if they are left with no other options, and experience great stress, up to the point of a mental health crisis after the flight. For the remaining 10 travelers, flying is an unavoidable but also an unpleasant experience.
Flight anxiety can have different root causes, and lead to a significant disruption of someone’s career of family life. There are many books, online training sessions and short term solutions on the market worldwide to help people who are anxious about flying These programs are often offered by (ex) commercial pilots or psycho-therapists and outcomes can vary substantially.
Aerophobia can have deep roots, and overcoming this type of anxiety might require an intensive and hands-on program that includes exposure sessions at an airport, cockpit simulator training and flying on actual commercial flights, led by therapists who are specialized in fear of flying.
There are a few centers in the world that are highly specialized in flight anxiety, and successfully treat individuals to help them overcome or manage their fear of flying permanently. Often, These centers of expertise have conducted many years of research and education.
Jet Companion is not affiliated to any of these flight anxiety centers, but travelers who inevitably need to travel to get to one of these centers, can hire one of Jet Companion’s aeromedical escorts for the journey.