I am hearing about similar wait times elsewhere in Canada. So, I suppose I should be lucky I only waited 3mos. I've the story again and again of people revolving through the emergency room during each psychiatric event on account of them having no other services to attend to them.

[At any one time - in Saskatoon - the psychiatric emergencies account for 6% of the emergency department. That doesn't sound like much but 6% of say 200 patients is 12. That's far too many people falling through the crack each day - and that doesn't account for the homeless or those who choose to ignore their events or have gone undiagnosed].

I'm also hearing the same story of people whose family physicians attempt to medicate persons during the waiting period with often the wrong medication.