Comments on: In the limelight- Out of hours support

By: Alison

Alison — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:44:58 +0000

I have to admit I am shocked to read of the very little support on offer to people under 18, I really would not have known that if your post had not talked about it. It’s rather poor to say the least!

By: In the limelight- Referrals « Coloured mind and scattered thoughts

In the limelight- Referrals « Coloured mind and scattered thoughts — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 09:02:08 +0000

[...] the limelight- Referrals 19 06 2008 Having highlighted the problem with out of hourssupport at CAMHS I am now doing a series of posts about the CAMHS system so thought I would start [...]

By: colouredmind

colouredmind — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:59:07 +0000

Seratonin- I am sorry that your areas crisis team are bad, in august/september I am being refered up to adults. I havnt heard many people who have had good experiences with CMHT so I am not expecting very much.
There and back- a major tranquiliser, if only there were good out of hours teams for CAMHS and so much of this heavy medication could be avoided
Ellie- you are so lucky having a 24 hour team. They have a crisis team for adults but not adolecents. In my area the most support you can have other than hospital is the outreach team who I am under who help people instead of being in hospital or to support you when you leave hospital nd they are office hours only., however next month CAMHS users will be able to use the out of hours crisis number run by CMHT. At the moment all you can do is turn up at a&e and ask to speak to the on duty mental health team.

By: Ellie

Ellie — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:12:28 +0000

Hey,

I found your blog from your comment on Mentally Interesting. I’m 17 and I have 24 hour support from my CMHS Crisis Team. Surely your area has a Crisis Team?

By: Mission Statement « Coloured mind and scattered thoughts

Mission Statement « Coloured mind and scattered thoughts — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 09:30:38 +0000

[...] try to post twice a week about anything that I fancy and every Thursday I will look in detail at an areaof the mental health services. The next one is going to be on the referral process to CAMHS, but if [...]

By: ThereandBack

ThereandBack — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 20:12:10 +0000

Lack of out of hours support from CAMHS is something I can really relate to. I had the exact difficulties in seeking help and support out side of office hours when I was being treated by a CAMHS team. I remember once being in serious crisis and being bounced from out of hours social services to out of hours GP services and back again. In the end the on-call child psychiatrist consultant visited and prescribed Melleril (?). Having a dedicated service for CAMHS, someone I could have talked to, would probably have meant having a major tranquilliser prescribed (to a child) was not necessary. The whole thing was a shambles.

However, I can also relate to ‘Seratonin Sister’s’ experience above with out-of-hours GPs etc who like her, couldn’t understand why (despite being in a mental health crisis) I couldn’t wait until Monday. Overall though, I receive a much better service than I did with CAMHS.

By: seratonin sister

seratonin sister — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:18:41 +0000

Hi & thanks for your comment on my blog.Thought I’d have a nosey here (I have linked to your blog.)
Out of hours services suck even in adult mental health.That said I cannot believe there is a gap in the Camhs service, it’s absolutley ridiculous.I have once had cause to ring the GP out of hours & ask them to put me in touch with the Crisis Team – I’ve never had problems with contacting them for anything else.The doctor on the other end was really not very helpful & asked me questions like “why do you need to speak with them?” (erm I feel suicidal & have explained that already) “they never answer their phones/get back to us ” & best of all “can’t you wait til Monday ?” (erm no it was Saturday & I was feeling very suicidal).I did get a call from the Crisis Team after slamming phone down on this silly cow & they was really helpful thankfully.
Good luck with the exams.
Seratonin Sister.

By: dumpedbyahallucination

dumpedbyahallucination — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:50:30 +0000

Seven hits!

Suzy x

By: colouredmind

colouredmind — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 16:35:32 +0000

They definatly called her sizeist, i remeber that bit really well. I can just imagine her driving people out of ger shop with her crazy remarks about bullet bodies and also limitling the plus sized population with her fitness classes. In the guardian yesterday G2 I am pretty sure that they said she had a rare form of body disporphic disorder where you like your own body but hate everyone elses. But i may be wrong

By: dumpedbyahallucination

dumpedbyahallucination — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 15:44:48 +0000

Manic:
1. An excessively intense enthusiasm, interest, or desire; a craze: a mania for neatness.
2. Psychiatry A manifestation of bipolar disorder, characterized by profuse and rapidly changing ideas, exaggerated sexuality, gaiety, or irritability, and decreased sleep.
3. Violent abnormal behavior.

It’s a word with multiple meanings. I mean, you call people ‘mad’ when they’re angry, you call people ‘manic’ when they’re full of energy. Their psychiatric meanings are something separate.

But that programme was soooo funny… “Me? Sizeist? You’re sizeist, you skinny bitch!” Er – so maybe I imagined that last bit.

Suzy x