Our suicide rates are skyrocketing again, and I’m going to spare you the faux-shock I could put on here, given that it would be frankly more surprising to me if our death toll had gone in the other direction.
👍💯Absolutely - I read the stats about road deaths v suicide - the thing about road deaths is they can engineer better roads, improve car safety, etc. whereas mental health is a people & not an engineering problem & solution.
Taking your points, it is obvious that solutions are available but require priority funding for services at the front end (as you rightly point out a 24/7 help line should be manned 24/7) & training for responders, but also priority funding for training, recruiting & retaining appropriate mental health practitioners sufficient to treat all-comers as soon as the need arises. My experience is via your story but also 2nd hand of people in my wider circle who tell the same story of how hard it was to get timely help, and the devastating effects of failing & losing beloved parents, children, friends, workmates... If your car crashes, Police & Ambulance drop everything & rush to the scene - who has decided that mentally vulnerable people don't deserve the same? ⁉️🤬
👍💯Absolutely - I read the stats about road deaths v suicide - the thing about road deaths is they can engineer better roads, improve car safety, etc. whereas mental health is a people & not an engineering problem & solution.
Taking your points, it is obvious that solutions are available but require priority funding for services at the front end (as you rightly point out a 24/7 help line should be manned 24/7) & training for responders, but also priority funding for training, recruiting & retaining appropriate mental health practitioners sufficient to treat all-comers as soon as the need arises. My experience is via your story but also 2nd hand of people in my wider circle who tell the same story of how hard it was to get timely help, and the devastating effects of failing & losing beloved parents, children, friends, workmates... If your car crashes, Police & Ambulance drop everything & rush to the scene - who has decided that mentally vulnerable people don't deserve the same? ⁉️🤬