Does anybody know where a person can go to get real help for the problems that make them depressed, suicidal, ect.? (i.e. not just "talking about feelings", but real resolutions to the problems).
The mental health system, as far as I can assertain, is just a spectator industry. They'll "listen" to you whine, they may even medicate you, but they won't fix the problem(s). As I understand it, they even have a "golden rule of therapy" which formally forbids them from actually helping their patients.
In recent years, I've been somewhat optimistic about the rising usage of the super-ambiguous terms "psychosocial disability" and "psychosocial support" from the government and other big organizations. Early indications were that it was going to fill this massive void for people who need actual help with their problems.
But tonight, having just read a much clearer definition of "psychosocial disability", it seems that this support system is only open to people who have a preexisting mental illness. So, where does that leave non-disabled, non-mentally ill people who desparately need help with their problems?
I shudder to think this, but it's starting to seem like, even after all the government inquiries we've had over these recent years, there is still no actual help available for regular, non-mentally ill, non-disabled people who really need it; and worse yet, it seems as if there aren't even any foreseeable plans to create this sort of assistance on a nationwide scale.
