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Originally Posted by unlived
Reading all this makes me glad to be Australian.
We have a public and private system. We don't NEED insurance, and I think most private hospitals keep you for a maximum of 3 weeks?
The public system takes anyone. You can go in for a med adjustment and stay in for months. Someone I knew went in to come off Xanax & stayed in the public system a few days then was transferred to a private hospital at no cost to her - some special system the government has.
Personally ive been in many times for anywhere from 1 day to 4 months. You dont have to be in a crisis - but if you have attempted suicide theres no way you would be out the next day. You'd be there for weeks at least.
The staff are mostly good, you see your psychiatrist 1-3 times a week and the places are cleaned every morning so theyre not disgusting.
Staff wise, the places Ive been have had 1 staff assigned to 4 patients - so thats not too bad.
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I carnt say mine was filthy like one English poster said, but mental patients are a messy bunch ,we dont care what WE look like so we are not bothered obout the mess we leave when unwell , I think the cleaners do there best plus there is always couple of OCD patients always willing to clean up. The shrink is on the ward every day the consutant you see once a week. STAFF in a English phyc ward of say 20 men and women mabye 2 or 3 , but there only there to over see trouble, there are like bouncers if it kicks off. Has for going in hospital for a med change WHY .a med change happens regular whats the big deal that you need to go in hospital , you get sicker before you get better that's the norm. I have taken a buddy to A-E WITH an overdose and there was 8 people scattered round a room who had overdosed. You carnt put every one in hospital for weeks you would have to build a new zoo every month. Plus don't forget some are crys for help we don't do cry,s for help in England. Do you no that MENTAL forums in England don't really exist , we don't get full meds use or care . BUT we seem to pull are self out of the deepest s*** on the planet with minimum help , a testament to the ENGLISH will power .
