Crisis team are USELESS

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Many times I was in a psychotic episode with suicidal or homicidal thoughts, sometimes both combined. I would phone crisis team and they would say “we will email your team” or “call back later if it gets worse”. It’s so horrible and I feel helpless when in an episode.

They don’t even send some PRN medication to me or home treatment, forget being admitted to hospital. If am in a crisis, I deserve help as soon as possible.

Or maybe this is just a UK thing, I am not sure but the crisis team and mental health department as a whole is so bad.

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I like our local mobile crisis response team. I call 911 and specifically request them and a clinician and peer specialist come to my apartment. Once they gave me a ride to the hospital when i requested it and once they just came and talked with me. It’s a new program here, before there was only either the police or the paramedics. I will also sometimes directly call the behavioral health unit at the hospital and ask to talk to one of the staff i trust…I’ve been there so often they know me and don’t mind too much. The police also used to know me but it’s been a long time since they’ve been involved and I’m glad that i don’t interact with them much anymore. This is in Alaska, but it’s a small town…

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Yeah, when I was at my worst no one could help me. I guess that’s typical. They just fed me meds and let me wander down the hospital corridors for 8 months while I suffered every minute of every day.

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You have to communicate well what you need. If you need a specific PRN, I would explicitly ask for it and say that it is urgent.

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I have a sneaky suspicion they deliberately don’t help, its a hands off approach, maybe i am wrong but sometimes they get it badly wrong. this is just my opinion.

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My theory on this is that these workers are desensitised to people’s suffering

It’s a sad situation

They don’t seem to deal with things until everything is burned to the ground

Very destructive to everyone involved taking this approach

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Same happened to me man…I told them I was in danger of hurting another person …and they didn’t even care. I wanted to tell the police but I didn’t call them

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They probably do care about you. What you got to understand is - your one of many on their list. I know personally - some work 14 hour shifts.

If your going to blame someone - blame the uk government and their lack of funding. Yes - you will probably not get the empathy, you think you deserve. But recognise - alot of them are knackered.

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