Why does the NHS take so LONG for psychiatric care?!
Question: Why does the NHS take so LONG for psychiatric care!?
I'm at my wit's end with my delusions and depression I'm sweating and worrying from the moment I wake up till I go to sleep!. But because I'm not going to kill myself they've put me on anti-depressants and put me on a WAITING LIST which will take MONTHS for Cognitive Behavioural Therapy!.
I swear it's getting near the stage where I'm going to pack my bags and get the bus to the Glasgow Royal Gartnavel Psychiatric Hospital and REFUSE TO MOVE until they admit me!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
I swear it's getting near the stage where I'm going to pack my bags and get the bus to the Glasgow Royal Gartnavel Psychiatric Hospital and REFUSE TO MOVE until they admit me!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Answers:
Because they're short of funds, short of staff and short of facilities and resources!.
Blame the government and those high up people who manage it badly!. It could be worse; you could be in the US with no insurance!.!.!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Blame the government and those high up people who manage it badly!. It could be worse; you could be in the US with no insurance!.!.!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Yep, it truly is terrible!. My parents wanted my sister admitted for an eating disorder - she was on various waiting lists for years (drug rehab, and cognitive behaviour therapy)!.
In the end my parents had to buy the drugs for her and slowly wean her off them, because the doctor wouldn't even prescribe anything!. And then she was admitted to hospital because she was almost dead from the eating disorder!. Even then my parents wanted her transferred to the local specialist clinic, but the doctor kept telling her it was full which was an outright lie!. My mum had to keep calling the place in question to check it had a bed available (which it always did) and then tell the doctor, and eventually when my mum threatened to contact the MP and the papers, they transferred her to the special clinic!.
The only way you will get treatment is if you really reach the end, or if you threaten to take the matter further!.
I wish you luck and I hope you get the help you need soon!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
In the end my parents had to buy the drugs for her and slowly wean her off them, because the doctor wouldn't even prescribe anything!. And then she was admitted to hospital because she was almost dead from the eating disorder!. Even then my parents wanted her transferred to the local specialist clinic, but the doctor kept telling her it was full which was an outright lie!. My mum had to keep calling the place in question to check it had a bed available (which it always did) and then tell the doctor, and eventually when my mum threatened to contact the MP and the papers, they transferred her to the special clinic!.
The only way you will get treatment is if you really reach the end, or if you threaten to take the matter further!.
I wish you luck and I hope you get the help you need soon!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Because we have a desperate shortage of psychiatrists in this country!.
If things are becoming unbearable you might have to exaggerate your symptoms in order to get swifter treatment!. But whatever you do do not attempt a fake suicide as a cry for help!. This will get you sectioned and you do not want that on your record!. Www@Answer-Health@Com
If things are becoming unbearable you might have to exaggerate your symptoms in order to get swifter treatment!. But whatever you do do not attempt a fake suicide as a cry for help!. This will get you sectioned and you do not want that on your record!. Www@Answer-Health@Com
Have you tried taking medication whilst on the waiting list!? Anti-depressent!? SSRI!.!.!.I am in the UK so am fully aware of the NHS drama, and the frustration that goes with it!.
If you want to be naughty, tell them you want to harm yourself, and the law states they MUST help you!. Its very naughty though!. Www@Answer-Health@Com
If you want to be naughty, tell them you want to harm yourself, and the law states they MUST help you!. Its very naughty though!. Www@Answer-Health@Com
Because you are not the only one who has problems and you have to wait your turn thats why!.
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Because UK is poor country now and it going down!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Seems that the problem is UK wide!. However I would not think that it was a desperate thing for you to have this therapy because if you were seriously ill with a major psychiatric illness they would have admitted you or sent you off earlier!. Most of the time the wait for treatment is to be 18 weeks, not 18 months!. So maybe there is a problem in your area!. You could get on to your GP and see if you can get some treatment from a different source or a different hospital as you have the right to choose now!.
What is CBT!?
It is a way of talking about:
* How you think about yourself, the world and other people
* How what you do affects your thoughts and feelings!.
CBT can help you to change how you think ("Cognitive") and what you do ("Behaviour)"!. These changes can help you to feel better!. Unlike some of the other talking treatments, it focuses on the "here and now" problems and difficulties!. Instead of focusing on the causes of your distress or symptoms in the past, it looks for ways to improve your state of mind now!.
It has been found to be helpful in:
* Anxiety
* Depression
* Panic
* Agoraphobia and other phobias
* Social phobia
* Bulimia
* Obsessive compulsive disorder
* Post traumatic stress disorder
* Schizophrenia
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What is CBT!?
It is a way of talking about:
* How you think about yourself, the world and other people
* How what you do affects your thoughts and feelings!.
CBT can help you to change how you think ("Cognitive") and what you do ("Behaviour)"!. These changes can help you to feel better!. Unlike some of the other talking treatments, it focuses on the "here and now" problems and difficulties!. Instead of focusing on the causes of your distress or symptoms in the past, it looks for ways to improve your state of mind now!.
It has been found to be helpful in:
* Anxiety
* Depression
* Panic
* Agoraphobia and other phobias
* Social phobia
* Bulimia
* Obsessive compulsive disorder
* Post traumatic stress disorder
* Schizophrenia
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