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eternaljourney
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Directly being heard about Mental Health system failings by the Government!
Do you think some of the treatments simply don't work because the therapists are just going through the motions. To me it's like a production line of people and it's a very cold, matter of fact approach. There's too much impatience as a response to expressing that a therapy or therapist just isn't for you. Yet we're told we have an entitlement to be treated by someone who we feel comfortable with and have a therapy that suits our needs as individuals.
That nasty feeling of desperation that there's nothing left to do and what's the point is so very painful. There should be centres open 24 hours dotted around for easy access to everyone suffering mental illness, including some as near as possible to homes in the country. They should all have psychiatrist, nurses, therapists, social workers, support workers all working from the same place locally. All working on a rota. Some doing call-outs.
Like a GP out of hours for mental health issues separate from A+E. It shouldn't be a place that requires referal to but somewhere to call in without being initially seen by someone who doesn't have much knowledge of mental illness. Everyone there should know and appreciate every aspect of the different behaviours expressed as a result of mental illness. This should be accessible to everyone suffering with mental illness at whatever level.
I would really like to write a petition expressing what everyone as individuals wants from the system and get it to parliament.
If we all talked about our ideas on here and about areas of the system that we feel are unfair or inappropriate we could make sure we are heard.
We can't all completely agree on everything but we could try and get some good ideas together. Not a way to name particular staff we feel let down by or haven't had the professional care we've been entitled to from. Just stories of the faults and failings and suggestion of improvements.
What do you all think?
Eternalx
Do you think some of the treatments simply don't work because the therapists are just going through the motions. To me it's like a production line of people and it's a very cold, matter of fact approach. There's too much impatience as a response to expressing that a therapy or therapist just isn't for you. Yet we're told we have an entitlement to be treated by someone who we feel comfortable with and have a therapy that suits our needs as individuals.
That nasty feeling of desperation that there's nothing left to do and what's the point is so very painful. There should be centres open 24 hours dotted around for easy access to everyone suffering mental illness, including some as near as possible to homes in the country. They should all have psychiatrist, nurses, therapists, social workers, support workers all working from the same place locally. All working on a rota. Some doing call-outs.
Like a GP out of hours for mental health issues separate from A+E. It shouldn't be a place that requires referal to but somewhere to call in without being initially seen by someone who doesn't have much knowledge of mental illness. Everyone there should know and appreciate every aspect of the different behaviours expressed as a result of mental illness. This should be accessible to everyone suffering with mental illness at whatever level.
I would really like to write a petition expressing what everyone as individuals wants from the system and get it to parliament.
If we all talked about our ideas on here and about areas of the system that we feel are unfair or inappropriate we could make sure we are heard.
We can't all completely agree on everything but we could try and get some good ideas together. Not a way to name particular staff we feel let down by or haven't had the professional care we've been entitled to from. Just stories of the faults and failings and suggestion of improvements.
What do you all think?

Eternalx