I am currently hopeful given a new treatment that's care-focused. I'd also add that discontinuing antidepressants (with the associated emotional blunting, at least in my case) means I am more empathetic to the impact on…
My experience was I had a full plan, but deliberately avoided disclosing the legal triggers, expecting the law would apply on two levels: (a) the psychologist did not meet the threshold to breach privacy and (b) even if…
Anecdotally in my experience there are three categories of people who wish to suicide: 1. People with a terminal illness. Enough said. 2. People acting on impulse and/or not getting proper help. Sure they need some…
Even telling psychologists partial plans will cause them to freak out. Here in Australia they do have professional association guidelines (which boil down to there must a realistic, specific plan with timing to warrant…
The NSW Mental Health Act is an appalling instrument. I've been highly suicidal and scheduled via so-called "crisis intervention teams" (invoked by my wife) and all it achieves is reinforcing to a suicidal person just…
I am currently hopeful given a new treatment that's care-focused. I'd also add that discontinuing antidepressants (with the associated emotional blunting, at least in my case) means I am more empathetic to the impact on…
My experience was I had a full plan, but deliberately avoided disclosing the legal triggers, expecting the law would apply on two levels: (a) the psychologist did not meet the threshold to breach privacy and (b) even if…
Anecdotally in my experience there are three categories of people who wish to suicide: 1. People with a terminal illness. Enough said. 2. People acting on impulse and/or not getting proper help. Sure they need some…
Even telling psychologists partial plans will cause them to freak out. Here in Australia they do have professional association guidelines (which boil down to there must a realistic, specific plan with timing to warrant…
The NSW Mental Health Act is an appalling instrument. I've been highly suicidal and scheduled via so-called "crisis intervention teams" (invoked by my wife) and all it achieves is reinforcing to a suicidal person just…