CaptainChurch on 9/16/2007 5:08:04 PM wrote:
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Italianboy921 on 9/8/2007 10:10:11 PM wrote:
Of course the money is being spent inappropriatly. If we spent the money on really trying to help folks with mental disabilities and follow up on those in need of help we would not have had a massacere on April 16th. It is not the fault of people with this sickness it is the fault of those who are to lazy to dig in and find out what really is going on with these folks.
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DCR086 on 8/8/2007 3:57:59 PM wrote:
I absolutely agree with you, for some cases. However, there are those cases wherein people do make full recovery from their crisis and return to normalcy, including employment and personal life. Unfortunately there are also those less scrupulous people out there who, don't fall into either of those cases, but manipulate the system to their advantage. Anyone who has worked in the system has seen it. People shopping for for meds and a disability diagnosis. Why? Because they don't like working and they like being high. They see the system as a lottery payoff whereby they can get free drugs and money. These people who abuse the system are part of the reason that people who truly need help have such difficulty getting it and face social stigma.
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roenoke on 8/7/2007 6:39:50 PM wrote:
"Is this the best we can hope for? I thought the goal of treatment was to return the person in crisis to a normal life as a productive member of society. Too often the system creates permanently dependent victims who see themselves in need of perpetual assistance, be it financial, pharmaceutical or medical/psychiatric."
Sadly this the best we have right now. Treating mental illness is not like fixing a broken bone or getting hernia surgery. "A normal life as a productive member of society" isn't obtainable in all cases. Mental health care still carries negative connotations by our society and is not paid for by most health insurance plans. Until the perceptions of mental illness change this will stay the standard.
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DCR086 on 8/7/2007 4:30:59 PM wrote:
A problem with the mental health system that is seldom discussed is how it tends to permanently label people as mentally ill or disabled thus perpetuating its problems. Take Bipolar1981 for example. He reports being stable for three years and clean for four. Despite this, he has received a disability check for the last five years. My question is, if stable and clean for several years, why is he still receiving disability? Is this the best we can hope for? I thought the goal of treatment was to return the person in crisis to a normal life as a productive member of society. Too often the system creates permanently dependent victims who see themselves in need of perpetual assistance, be it financial, pharmaceutical or medical/psychiatric.
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Pamela on 8/6/2007 8:26:14 AM wrote:
These are sad stories and no doubt there is a terrible need..but look around, see the new 'art museum? that's what this city cares about... an ugly no common sense structure that will stroke their egos for a little while then be as vacant as most of Towers Mall, or the blank hill by 419/220
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PsychNurse on 8/5/2007 9:10:27 PM wrote:
Yes, Admission areas are backlogged anywhere and everywhere where Psych Pt's are assessed. What the article failed to reveal Is that an extremely high percentage of these Patient's awaiting a Psych evaluation are Patient's with Poly-substance Abuse issues with no other diagnosis.
The monetary costs to the facilities and tax-payers are enormous due to the repeated same patient admissions & failure of out-treatment programs.
For the article to imply that Mental Health patients in an E.R. have a primary Schizo diagnosis,is most misleading.
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BIPOLAR1981 on 8/5/2007 4:39:57 PM wrote:
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Ect doesnt work anymore for me. My memory has been affected from it. I have been on non-conventional meds for 3 years now. Once you are phased out of the system cause you are too well. There are no community based services for you and you slip thru the cracks. I have medicare which will only cover acute stays in psychiatric facilities. It will not pay for a longterm facility stay. 3 years ago was my last hospitalization. I was inpatient for 2 months. I am still paying for that stay. For those of us that dont qualify for a community based program anymore there is no inbetween care. What is to be done about this lack of care? What are the options for someone that is considered a last resort case? Whats gonna happen?
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BIPOLAR1981 on 8/5/2007 4:25:05 PM wrote:
I am a 25 year old that was diagnosed as rapid-cycling bipolar disorder when I was just 14. I've been living on an ssdi check for 5 years now. I have been stable for 3 years now and seven years ago was given a dual diagnosis. I am also a recovering addict. I have been clean for close to 4 years. I no longer qualify for services from BRBH or any other community run program. I am considered "too well" or "stable". I still have lapses in my mental illness and when it returns I have nothing to fall back on. I see my psychiatrist every 3 months. I am allergic to too many of the medications and the rest of them have had adverse reactions after long peroids of taking the meds. I used to recieve ECT otherwise known as "shock therapy". will write
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applejaws on 8/5/2007 1:08:14 PM wrote:
My son has problems.Not helped trying to force him into a feared situation, school.You voice concerns and no one hears or cares.In Jan one doctor stopped all(4) his medications.I gave up forcing him to go to school.The school started to press charges but clearly didnt want him there.In May a new doctor put him back on 3 of the meds, wanted him to come back at the earliest appointment.August 15!This doctor works late and works through lunch.He's the only doctor in the city accepting new patients.I had taken my child to community ER inn May when he stepped on a nail to have it removed and get a shot, there in front of us a man tried to escape, the guard tackled him and ordered Zyprexa, dangerous situation and in front of a hurt child?
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mboardrke on 8/5/2007 10:21:54 AM wrote:
As the adult child of a diagnosed, life-time Paranoid Schizophrenic, I've been so grateful to have the help of the local facilities when my late Mother needed emergency evaluation and care. From the 1970's to the 1990's, I received stellar care and help for my Mother from BRBH, Catawba, Roanoke Memorial and others. I was devastated when Catawba's funds caused their cutbacks. WHAT CAN THE AVERAGE CITIZEN DO TO HELP RAISE AWARENESS FOR THIS UNDERFUNDING SITUATION?
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