Great article with some insight into our CFS and mental health system. In my 13 years of practice I’ve seen some small changes in the CFS system but there’s a ways to go. For example the birth alert system I believe no longer exists. While I know in most cases it would lead to an apprehension, some workers used the alert system to get in contact with a mother who had avoided contact with the worker, in order to develop a safety plan for their newborn.
Our mental health system needs so much more, as many of us workers are doing the best that we can, but most of which are working on crisis and acute care vs long term treatment. The waitlists are long, and there’s not enough of us to go around.
Powerful article showing how deep these issues go. A must read!
Great article with some insight into our CFS and mental health system. In my 13 years of practice I’ve seen some small changes in the CFS system but there’s a ways to go. For example the birth alert system I believe no longer exists. While I know in most cases it would lead to an apprehension, some workers used the alert system to get in contact with a mother who had avoided contact with the worker, in order to develop a safety plan for their newborn.
Our mental health system needs so much more, as many of us workers are doing the best that we can, but most of which are working on crisis and acute care vs long term treatment. The waitlists are long, and there’s not enough of us to go around.
This is a very disturbing article, that being said it must be read if we are ever to change this senario of preventable tragedy.