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Old Feb 21, 2011, 02:25 AM
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my therapist suggested a link for a mood tracker, but when i saw the website i was amazed. the mental health system in oz is lowsy.when i was young i lived in a smallish coastal city and they had a group called living skills and there was this house and it was open monday to friday with a roster of activities even a bus to pick you up. it was specificaly run in conjunction with the local psych ward , and yeah valuable service for the comunity and was free of charge. i chose to move to the city in 2000 for work, and i had a couple of good therapists over the ten year period. um but the kind of support i was used to just did not exist, it was hard enough to get appointments for scripts as drs only worked business hours. I never got urgent attention once although i definatley needed it believe me, for the one reason that i wouldnt come to their party and say "oh i want to kill myself" they basically need to hear that line for admission.
anyways pc takes me back to a time when i feel people cared and understood about sufferers of mental illness not just the throw him a few pills next please attitude.
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