Posted by larryhoover on November 10, 2013, at 12:37:53
In reply to Re: Severe mental illness, posted by Christ_empowered on November 10, 2013, at 9:15:19
I think that it's inevitable that the severely mentally ill will face difficulties in obtaining adequate care. It's psychological triage at work.
I think that it goes with the definition of severe mental illness that a "successful treatment" will require more resources to have any chance of meeting that threshold.
Some practitioners won't let that stop them, but they have a limited capacity with respect to patient load. They can only see so many patients.
Your acknowledgement that you are blessed by circumstance, to have your own supportive resources available to you, while you express your concern for those who are not so lucky, is admirable. Unfortunately, collective provision of social supports, be they for hunger, or housing, or medical care, or pyschological care, will always have individuals who fall on the wrong side of the threshold for adequate care.
I think it's the human condition. We do what we can, but the need will always be greater still.
Lar
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