Recent treatment at Assessment and Treatment Service, Lewisham Central SLAM.
The model for mental health in the UK seems to (rightly) acknowledge the most severe problems, as well as having improved services for mild/moderate problems via IAPT. However, because I have moderate and ongoing mental health issues including personality disorder elements, anxiety, insomnia but am currently in full time work, I feel there is no help there for me.
All I have been asked to do is pay for therapy myself. I don't think this would happen with a physical health problem. There was little explanation around this. Perhaps this is because of NHS cuts, or because I am seen as a problem case.
There was no recognition that the recommended therapy centre is far from home, still quite expensive and no particular therapy was recommended by the psychiatrist. I feel that to get proper mental health care I would need to be a lot more ill/ less functional which is not what I want.
I struggle through each day and am recently feeling more and more hopeless. I want to feel better not worse and I don't know where to turn.
"Limited help for those with ongoing moderate mental health problems"
About: Adult mental health (Lewisham) Adult mental health (Lewisham) SE5 8AZ
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