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Post by Toni-Louise on Jan 9, 2014 17:44:04 GMT
No idea where to put this so feel free to move it,
I am going to a meeting in my local area about how to improve services for young people and I thought I would see what people on here think
So how do you feel services can be improved for young people who suffer from mental health problems?
do you have anything in your local area which works well?
(also ideas welcomed for how to improve services for young people who live with someone has a mental health problem (given that this is something which I feel strongly about, thought I would ask this also) )
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Post by lucyrob on Jan 9, 2014 18:23:44 GMT
Really sorry, I have nothing to contribute because I've only ever seen my GP, but I think all GPs need to put asside their own views and treat mental health on the same par as mental health. I was lucky that mine does!
It's great you're going to contribute. Hope it goes well!
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Post by holliebshell on Jan 9, 2014 19:15:25 GMT
depending on what you mean by young person i.e., 16? 18? 21? etc but going on personal experience in my area the services for young people are awful. I was refered to CAMHS twice before I managed to get an assessment, then waited a few more months before having another assessment, then a few more months before having a few appoitments every 3 weeks which all seemed pointless, asking the exact same questions every time. Then FINALLY told I would be having CBT- I ended up hating my therapist so had to wait 3 more months before getting a different one- by that time it was 2 months before my 18th birthday. So through all this time I was getting worse and worse with no support except anti-depressants (I suffer from depression, anxiety/panic attacks), and I could barely leave the house, I wasn't in education or work and was in an extremely bad place.
Then I turned 18, and was completely dropped/erased from the service. I was not considered 'ill' enough to be transferred to adult services. so I had 3 weeks of phone support from a charity which didn't help at all because I needed a lot more than a 30min phone call once a week. I am now on the waiting list for CBT (again) at this same charity, that was a few weeks before christmas and I haven't heard anything since so im guessing It will be a few more months of no support until I get an appoitment.
anyway sorry for massive rant, I feel like if I got the support I needed originally I wouldn't be where I am today
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Post by Toni-Louise on Jan 10, 2014 0:07:53 GMT
lucyrob I am pleased that your GP is helpful =] Have you any experience of say how schools respond and how did you know who to go to when you first noticed the symptoms? btw it is fine if you do not wish to answer =] also thank you =] holliebshell well currently the project is aimed at helping 16-25 (they are trying to get it to include younger people but there is some issue with that or something) I am very sorry to hear about the lack of help you received it is awful and unfortunately is something which appears to be quite common =/ I think it is awful that they did not refer you to adult services.I hope that you will receive the support you need soon and thank you for responding, it was very helpful =]
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Post by lucyrob on Jan 10, 2014 11:13:30 GMT
Hey, my school didn't know about it, but I know other people who have had great support from their school. It's usually the pastoral staff (head of years in my school), who you can go to and they can point you in the right direction/help hou talk to parents etc. My school also had a counsellor, so that could have been an option. As for knowing who to go to: I knew there were members of staff at school, my parents, a GP or other organisations. I'm not sure how I knew. But I didn't go to any. I talked to a trusted adult who pointed me in the direction of my GP/gave me organisations to talk to. But in the end my parents found out and we went to the GP
Hope that helps?
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