FabSwingers.com forum: In the mind

By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

So The Prime Minister has announced that the government will put an extra £1 billion a year into mental health and support the NHS to make the improvements that are needed, but is it too little too late. I have suffered with depression in the past and I was astonished at the waiting times to be referred to an appropriate mental health team, and tragically people have ended their own life in that time because they didn't get help sooner. The mental health care system doesn't just need a cash injection, I believe it needs a total reform to make it appropriate and provide the best possible outcomes for patients.

By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

The cash makes no difference if they can't recruit the professionals needed to deliver the services.

Four years ago last week I was ready to die (Whitney Houston died that day but I survived). I was able to get an assessment but it then took 7 months before I could be seen.

I found the Fab Lounge a few weeks later and it helped save me.

My experience of the rest of the NHS has been nothing but excellent. Mental Health services really are the Cinderella services.

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

When it comes to depression, it is preferred to chuck some pills at the patient rather than offer counselling. More people are no doubt on anti-depressants than receiving the sufficient support. Some aren't even offered a counselling service or recommended to one, so feel they don't need one, but what happens when weaned off the pills? It's not an infection that can be treated with a course of antibiotics. For patients to seek out a counselling service they would need to be aware, but then there aren't many nowadays that are free, so forking out £40-£60 a session isn't cheap, whereas £9 for a course of tablets is.

personally I believe there should be more support there, but then it's having the money to pay for the trained professionals to be there. Also do they get paid the same amount as if they were working private? It's their career and they need to make a living too. More on board would be good, but more money to fund it is required and I think it needs to be a lot more than that.