draculina

Call yourself a dictator??

What a bleeding-heart liberal this woman is!!

If he’s been reading the posts,

which I seriously doubt,

then Martin will be as stunned with boredom by the resident village idiot as I am.

on cuts to mental health…and generally..

mental health isn’t the same as physical health.

I wouldn’t totally trust a doctor of physical health, but it’s more in their hands because of their expertise.

Mental health is very different, as linda says.

It’s a very young science, and the experts are terribly divided about what is best. What unites them is the arrogant belief that they are…[Read more]

jn,

up to you, but ultimately it’s you who will help you.

Linda, we have a different financial system here. You#re given a limited time frame depending on the seriousness of your problems, unless you’re in a mental health hospital.

jn

it may be an idea to ask her to have 10 weekly sessions, followed by 8 sessions every two weeks. That way, it gives you a chance to think about what’s been said, and what is to be said, and what you’ll need to do.

Just a suggestion

jn,

everyone but everyone knows that mental health is underfunded and generally a disgrace.

Given the awful limits on health spending and provision, the practical question is all-important.

I don’t know what you’re suffering, and I don’t think this is at all a good forum for you to talk about it in detail.

But what you’re describing sounds…[Read more]

Gerry,

I knows…friends involved in mental health tell me, and so does the news, and a very limited personal experience.

The fact that ect is still used in mental health is worrying..one very close acquaintance of mine is still suffering form the after effects.

My comments were directed on a purely personal level at jn, hoping he may…[Read more]

Gerry,

I knows…friends involved in mental health tell me, and so does the news, and a very limited personal experience.

The fact that ect is still used in mental health is worrying..one very close acquaintance of mine is still suffering form the after effects.

My comments were directed on a purely personal level at jn, hoping he may…[Read more]

Gerry,

I knows…friends involved in mental health tell me, and so does the news, and a very limited personal experience.

The fact that ect is still used in mental health is worrying..one very close acquaintance of mine is still suffering form the after effects.

My comments were directed on a purely personal level at jn, hoping he may…[Read more]

jn,

speaking from experience…

nhs therapy is as good as you allow it to be.

If you want to make it work, then it will be better than approaching it with suspicion. The end result might not be a restoration to full health, but it should be better to talk with someone about your problems and think of different ways of handling them.

If it’s…[Read more]

Amen

Yes,

Sarah is the last one