Posted by herpills on December 18, 2012, at 10:40:55
In reply to Re: yes. :.(((((((((((((, posted by baseball55 on December 17, 2012, at 19:29:46
I guess I don't understand why it's OK for the anti gun rights people to use this horrible tragedy as a means to further their political agenda, but it's not OK to talk about mental health?
I am sincerely happy that you received the proper treatment that anyone with a serious mental illness deserves. Unfortunately my own hospitalizations have not been the glowing experience that you are reporting.
The last time I was hospitalized, which was for 10 days, I got to talk to a psychiatrist for maybe a total of 20 minutes the whole time I was there. That's right, 20 MINUTES during a 10 DAY inpatient psychiatric ward. I've heard of psychiatric nurse practitioners...I have yet to meet one in real life. I mostly get social workers and low level nurses. I once had a social worker tell me when I was in the hospital, that I should drop my professional career and work in something like retail because it would be less stressful. To this day I think its one of the most insulting things anyway has said to me.
I'll also never forget when I another social worker said "now that you've had multiple hospitalizations, more services are available to you..."
Why in the heck were those services not available before I got so sick?
The truth is that there are many things in that article that are 100% true because they happened to me or happened to people I know. When I read the comment about how healthcare workers are the gate keepers for the insurance companies it made me cringe because I know exactly what he is talking about. You would be AMAZED at how different you are treated as soon as the words "I don't have insurance" come out of your mouth. herpills
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