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#MentalHealth #MentalIllness #TW #Suicide
A desire to pick myself up, 'carry on', focus on future goals; balanced/contrasted with the need to stop the denial; accept the reality of just how serious things have been. ARE. STILL.
My discharge letter uses the words 'fatal'.
1/17
A desire to pick myself up, 'carry on', focus on future goals; balanced/contrasted with the need to stop the denial; accept the reality of just how serious things have been. ARE. STILL.
My discharge letter uses the words 'fatal'.
1/17
2 Mental Health Act Assessments in 7 days.
4 nights in an acute general hospital. For treatment.
*They* can't all be wrong. Exaggerating. Coercive. Risk averse.
*I* have to take responsibility for causing concern.
Responsibility but not blame.
*I* have had to revisit my
2/17
4 nights in an acute general hospital. For treatment.
*They* can't all be wrong. Exaggerating. Coercive. Risk averse.
*I* have to take responsibility for causing concern.
Responsibility but not blame.
*I* have had to revisit my
2/17
Safety plan; again and again and again. And right now that means 'family supervision'. But in my own home. Where I want to be. Where I am safer. At the moment: change is constant and I must also acknowledge that.
And I am still p*ssed off at the way the #MHAA was undertaken
3/17
And I am still p*ssed off at the way the #MHAA was undertaken
3/17
Some #AMHP students have been using #HeDiedWaiting on their course. They made #PledgeForTim and I am so heartened by them. Please do read the thread.
âNot seeing the person just as ill  - making sure I include the family to find out their history /who they are.â 1/
âNot seeing the person just as ill  - making sure I include the family to find out their history /who they are.â 1/
âInvolving the person in the decision  - making sure they have enough information and resourcesâ
âNot losing the individuality of the the person - a willingness to stand in their shoesâ
â A person centred approach - talking to others â
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âNot losing the individuality of the the person - a willingness to stand in their shoesâ
â A person centred approach - talking to others â
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âAlways asking the family what the person is like when they are wellâ
âGiving quality time to the assessment - making sure I explainâ
âTo listen, to hear, to understandâ
âKnow the power of language - if that person is quirky or has ambitions make sure I say who they areâ
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âGiving quality time to the assessment - making sure I explainâ
âTo listen, to hear, to understandâ
âKnow the power of language - if that person is quirky or has ambitions make sure I say who they areâ
3/
