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Boy u like 2 use a lot of big words! Lol
Th other thing, as I told th Vic Health Minister, th Head of DHS & countless other BigWigs 2 yrs ago @ a conference on Mental Health & th results of a pilot study of th CHAMPS program, which is 4 kids who hav a

Written by Gyps, 2. Jun 2008 04:36 PM

akita1970,

I stumbled across that site aswell and I found it very interesting the list of dos and donts.

Do
Spend time with people who care
Give yourself time
Find out about impact of trauma and what to expect
Try to keep a routine going – work, study
Return to normal activities
Talk about how you feel or what happened when ready
What can you do right now….?
Do things that help you relax
Do things that you enjoy

Dont
Use alcohol or drugs to cope
Keep yourself busy and work too much
Engage in stressful family or work situations
Withdraw from family and friends
Stop yourself from doing things that you enjoy
Avoid talking about what happened at all cost
Take risks

I know from experience that a lot of deppies, including myself would say that the dont list more mirrors their life than the dos. Why do people sabotage their own recoveries when we know what we "should" do?

Written by Deleted_User, 2. Jun 2008 04:39 PM

parent with a Mental Illness, its about time th Private & Public sector joined forces & pooled resources as th public sector had failed all us parent representatives each & evry time, in an appalling way. (except of course 4 th CHAMPS & PATS programs!)

Written by Gyps, 2. Jun 2008 04:40 PM

We'd all resorted 2 private psychs & would neva dream of returning 2 th public sector afta our dreadful experiences. Even now I c & private GP, Surgeon & Psych, & I WONT hav it any otha way!
There's heaps of help out there matey, just stick private!
xxx

Written by Gyps, 2. Jun 2008 04:45 PM

Sorry, but I'm here on the strength of your title alone to barrack for insanity.

GO INSANITY, GO! GO YOU GOOD THING! C'MOORRN, INSANITY!

Reality sucks arse.

Written by Deleted_User, 2. Jun 2008 05:00 PM

Th reality (or should I say insanity)
of th insanity (or should I say reality)
is thats its insane, but sadly real,
2 think things'll b fixed with th current level of services.
Th reality is alot of ppl's reality is really insanity, yet their insanity is

Written by Gyps, 2. Jun 2008 05:12 PM

sadly reality in their insane reality, or real insanity.
Th reality is if u read this out loud fast, u'll go insane with th reality of th insanity.
Really!

Written by Gyps, 2. Jun 2008 05:15 PM

Lazydreamer I just had the whole office looking at me like I was even more bizarre than normal because I laughed so hard at that...

Thanks man... needed that.

Written by akita1970, 2. Jun 2008 05:23 PM

Akita

As a fellow Qlder I have private heath insurance and use a private psychiatrist for me, couples counselling and a private psychologist. I wouldn't trust anything run/operated by Qld Health or any other public health system. They cause too many errors. The private system is by no means perfect but at least you can come and go as you please when you are in a private hospital and see your doctor much more regularly.

Go Akita!!!

Mrs Studying1

Written by studying1, 2. Jun 2008 05:41 PM

PS Akita

Like all internet sites statistics are sometimes true or somtimte (more likely) to be lies so you need to find out how true this research is.

Depnet is a site operated by the Lundbek Institute and their stats may tell a different story. I would believe the australian mental health sites about the stats in Australia because they are talking about real people, though I think the problem with the stats is they probably are more from the public system than the private system.

Go Akita!!!

Mrs Studying1

Written by studying1, 2. Jun 2008 05:44 PM

Akita

I have just read your comment in my diary. I think the moderators are answering the question about how to make a public diary private and not cause problems. Perhaps you can ask the moderator what they are doing but that is what I think they are doing - offering to make public diaries private.

Go Akita!!!

Mrs Studying1

Written by studying1, 2. Jun 2008 06:27 PM

Great post akita, very relevant.

I sort of think that if we ever get a true federal system for health that some serious attention will be paid to some areas of mental health. At present all we have is a crisis care approach and certainly not a health model.

Interesting to notice the debate about obiesity and type 2 diabeties is now claiming it wasnt as bad as they first thought. My fear is that mental illness will get on the agenda at some point and it will be adressed sooner rather than later. What we need to be ready for as consumers is giving the right messages, being very clear about how we wnat it structured.

Within every state there is an organised participation organisaiton and in NSW it is the
NSW Consumer Advisory Group (wwww.nswcag.org.au)

This is there blurb for interested parties

The New South Wales Consumer Advisory Group - Mental Health Inc (NSW CAG) is a state-wide, incorporated, non-government organisation that provides an ongoing mechanism for mental health Consumer and Carer participation into policy and service development, implementation and evaluation. NSW CAG acts as a bridge between Consumers and Carers in NSW and our State and Federal Governments.

So best I think we be ready to ask for what is needed and be united and powerful in doing that. I can tell you that consumer opinion is valued more than the workers in the sector such as your fat cat psychiatrist.

I intend to continue to play a role in this issue, currently I am on a public hospital board voicing my opinion all over the place.

I too use now only private hospitals, Drs psychologists etc but I am lobbying strongly to get some level of equality between private and public outcomes for peole with a mental illness.

Great post, let me spill my thoughts anyway....sorry I have perhaps dampened your tone and your humour (which I really enjoyed)

thanks



Liz

Written by keller, 2. Jun 2008 06:28 PM

Hi akita,

Great post, very thought provoking. I know the state of the public mental health system in South Australia has already cracked and cannot cope with the amount of people in need.

I too have turned to the private health sector, the hospital is much more comfy for a start LOL!! It costs more money, which we sometimes don't really have, but I also see a private psychiatrist, but he knows of my money constraints and bulk bills me now (nice guy) and my psychologist I pay through the nose, but get a fair bit back on the medicare system. Access to psychologists through medicare is a reasonably new opportunity, well I've been using it for the last year, you get more back than from your private health insurer, so might as well use it.

Anyway, thanks again... great post.

Karen

Written by fly, 2. Jun 2008 07:03 PM

Sum ppl dont get 2 make a post private u log in, go my depression, my diary, then click on diary. Scroll down, click on edit, scroll down, click on "make diary private" then save. Easy really.
Sum posts r potentially dangerous & r beta being private...
xx

Written by Gyps, 2. Jun 2008 07:07 PM

akita1970,

Just saw your dog's pic in the gallery. I am so glad someone got Oliver. I saw him a few weeks ago on the rescue website and saw he needed to be an only dog (I have a Great Dane X so no go here).

Hope he is good for you and I must say he is the most magnificent dog I have ever seen. That blue colour and face was what attracted to me to look at his profile on the rescue site.

Written by Deleted_User, 5. Jun 2008 12:44 AM