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Lack of support or help for suicidal patients

Posted By bravodq35

"Lack of support or help for suicidal patients"

About: Royal Cornhill Hospital / Adult mental health

(as the patient),

Best not saying anything as following suicide attempts and voices and hallucinations telling me to harm myself and gone to the extent of acting on them and bad depression I’ve received lack of support and majority of the times I’ve either contacted enhanced access myself or I’ve been brought in for assessment after being detained by police on numerous occasions over the last 3 years and turned away with next to no support.

The minute the staff at unscheduled care read an eupd diagnosis they turn you away and to the extent of being told we don’t think you will act on your thoughts after an attempt.

There has only been maybe 4/5 occasions over the last 3 years I have been taken seriously and actually offered decent help but apart from that the system is failing big time at the enhanced access.

I’ve heard of many others that have been diagnosed with eupd being treated the exact same way and it’s appalling the way we get treated. I’ve lost all faith in the mental health system, community psychiatry is just as bad getting told if you take your own life we’re not going to stop you how is that helping anyone and refusing to relook at your diagnosis where is the duty of care when someone is clearly not in a sound place of mind? 

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Response from John McCann, Nurse Manager, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities, NHS Grampian nearly 2 years ago
John McCann
Nurse Manager, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities,
NHS Grampian

Submitted on 06/07/2022 at 11:37
Published on Care Opinion at 14:58

Dear bravodq35,

Firstly, I am so sorry to read about your struggles with your mental health over the past 3 years.

I am disappointed to hear that you have had such a negative experience from Mental Health Services during that time. I am heartened however, to hear that at least on some occasions you feel that you have received the help that you needed.

I would welcome the opportunity to discuss your concerns with you. As a learning organisation it is important to get an understanding of what contributed to your negative experience and to address this for yourself and other service users. If you feel able to do so, could you contact me to share your experiences.

You can contact me directly on 01224 57778 if you would like to discuss this further.

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