This guy was worth a watch this morning regarding mental health.
Thanks for posting that.
First time I have come across him, I see from his bio that he did his clinical work out of Christchurch.
Bit sad seeing how stressed out he is, given he has spent his life being an expert at not portraying emotions in many situations where it is not appropriate to have anything but a neutral expression.
He is from the part of mental health that is best resourced, Forensics have the biggest budget, so what he is seeing is the stuff hospital psych staff have been dealing with (these people that are being sent to prison grossly distressed) at the bottom of the Iceberg, and now he has been seeing the tip of the iceberg in his field as a fall out over how badly things are at the hospital end.
Then you get this thing now where these guys from prison, who as he described come out more sick and disturbed, being directed by Judges into the usual acute mental health Units.
And in my experience you are also getting 501 rejects from Australia who were in maxi, but when they deport them, they are free men, some are pedophiles, others are gang members, and they land at the airport, Customs staff freak out, Police call the Mental health team, they go and get put in hospital with people as young as eighteen and straight away hit on the female patients and try to have sex with them.
If you ask me that is worse than what concerns Doctor Erick in this interview regarding people being in prison because of the collateral damage.
Interesting how the GOVT does a report like the mental health and addictions report that he kept referencing and their good will destroys an already sinking ship.
I am glad I am out, got sick of the broken bones, the HIA's being told if you hit your head again it is dangerous (hit your head with someones fist).
On a bad weekend, when there are no regular Doctors in the Units, you can have staff beaten badly, call in Security guards to stand around in the wards, they get assaulted badly they refuse to come back, or if forced to they refuse to leave the staff base when you are getting the bash, and they are backed up in that decision by their bosses.
Sometimes you are facing weapons, knives and shit eh, I just dunno how the women do it, Its frightening for big men like me, but small women, young graduates just turned twenty, look like they are still in highschool, brave people.
Doctors get out because it is too risky for their Careers.
Nurses quit because they get treated badly by management while copping all the danger etc.
Now days if you restrain someone you get held to account in debriefing the next day by managers who are angry that you spoiled their no restraint world health organization goals. If you are lucky they might ask if you are ok after someone slashed your arm or whatever, king hit you etc.