mental health services Needs to be priority! * inadequate services.

So I am going to begin this article stating the truth about MOST of the DHBS in the country of New Zealand. They are not working for the people, they are proving in effective with stopping suicides from occurring so thats a fail.

I especially am talking about the mental health system in our country. Its a sham. It really is when there are people within a Catt team and others that have jobs but they are not serving the mental health consumer and providing what they need as an individual.

I say Individual because everyone has different needs, when it comes to the mental health sector we are not all the same. I belong to a group called Support complaints for Mental Health and time and time again there are posts on there of how individuals have been let down in crisis, families have been let down and suicidal children have come home to them or not come home in some cases, and then theres missing person reports, and some of those end up being victims of suicide.

Then theres organisations like Lifeline that just are overwhelmed and cant pick up all their phones, so phone calls get missed. What happens to the individuals that needed some support and couldn't get it in their time of crisis?

I know very well the state of the mental health system really is less than desirable, unfortunate to be a part of it since I was a teenager.  I have seen good organisational skills in DHB's and very poor and reckless behaviour of DHBs

I wonder about the misdiagnosing that happens, how someone can be stigmatised for having a particular condition mentioned on their file. They are then viewed as an attention seeker when thats not the case at all, and if only these mental health clinicians could see the great emotional pain these individuals are in they just want to get out of their hell.

Because they are a certain diagnosis (in the too hard basket) they are not allowed to go to hospital because of the fear of the clinicians of their behaviour getting worse. Yes to these clinicians its a behavioural disorder and something that you can change. If only they knew what its like to live with Borderline personality disorder day in and day out. If only, then they would realise what a ride what a roller coaster and stressful and painful life. How it affects you as a person, and also your family and those who you consider your friends. How many of them walk away because they cant cope. Yeah not so simple now clinicians. Hospital is a last resort, trust me you don't want to be there unless you really have to. But even that is not open to a person with borderline personality disorder.

They send you to Crisis Respite if you beg and beg for it, sometimes. If theres a bed. Cos at the crisis respite centre only 4 beds are available. Its also usual to be tossed out after a few days thats okay if your ready to go home and no longer acutely suicidal. But tossing someone out when they have a suicidal plan, and a suicide letter at home,  and a car there to carry it out with, yea not that smart. Especially when that person knows their intentions and begs u to reconsider. To no avail.

Trust me that person was not attempting suicide for attention that person was trying to get out of her  hell hole.

Wish clinicians would see that clearly.

What concerns me more than ever is the careless behaviour of some clinicians.

someone with borderline personality disorder was told by the Catt team that they couldn't stop her if she wanted to kill herself, and basically egged on to commit suicide.
well if Catt cant stop you, why are they there?

A police officer also said if you want to kill yourself stay off social media.
Thanks for the TIP!
Should these people be working on the front line I ask you to consider ?

A well known celebrity suicide prevention advocate tried to get this person admitted by the Catt Team after a serious suicide attempt but they didnt even listen to him. Yeah apparently having borderline just means pain in the bum to the psychiatric services.

time to change that Me thinks.

this person just went on to attempt again.

Also just a pep talk on the phone when your suicidal is not enough Catt Team.
And being told off for calling emergency services when you need them so not on Catt Team
Should be allowed to call police ambulance if health is that bad.


Being escorted into mental health dhb BY POLICE and being told police officer can go, and just given a little chat and driven home yeah not adequate.
not allowed a support person yea thats not good enough either

I think its time the CATT team starts listening!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THE DHBS NEED TO START GETTING THINGS RIGHT.

THE GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO START SETTING PRIORITIES PEOPLES HEALTH


my points are below

Why is this occurring when these ones
1) Are first going through the right channels to access support
2) there are enough staff in the mental health sectors
3) there is money going into the mental health services from the government.
where it all going?

I wonder if the families of those who are suicidal are being notified of the status of the individual, before tragedy occurs?
I know in some cases they aren't - they cant
see the warning signs before a suicide occurs.

Why is there such a let down in the mental health sector, it shouldn't be  just a 9-5 job,.!
Why are other organisations that are actually making a difference and reaching children stopping them from suicide and yet they are not getting funding?
why is our prime minister so interested in the damn flag, and his rep rather than worrying about whats actually important and putting money into that.

You can tell I'm really angry it is a subject i am very passionate about as personally I haven't received adequate treatment from mental health services and all I hear is negativity.


TIME FOR CHANGE  !