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tulipsandroses

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1. Shameful
Tue Jan 22, 2019, 08:25 PM
Jan 2019

Its atrocious how we deal with mental health in this country. Many of my clients are frequent fliers due to lack of resources. The ones that have family support, I know the families well, speak to them by phone or see them when they visit during yet another hospitalization. They need support and resources too. They are often so burned out dealing with their loved ones' illness.

Most of my peers are leaving bedside psych nursing due to being overwhelmed with having to work short staffed and in dangerous conditions. All due to how mental health is funded.


I hope the people of Chicago are successful in getting their needs met. This is a real crisis we have in America. Not the manufactured one Trump made up.

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