tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1074764555793624690.post345466346749093491..comments2023-04-11T04:37:43.234-04:00Comments on NAMI Schenectady: Why should parents let their adult children go?NAMI Schenectadyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11839080520364327524noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1074764555793624690.post-20777407926554668912010-01-22T11:09:13.447-05:002010-01-22T11:09:13.447-05:00"Advocacy for prompt access to mental health ..."Advocacy for prompt access to mental health treatment is a real need. It is unbelievable and unconscionable that this area is so lacking."<br /><br />In rereading this post I realized that the sentence quoted from paragraph #4 might be misread. What I am trying to convey is we need more prompt access to mental health services. The lack of promptness is wrong.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1074764555793624690.post-60565895751308804252010-01-22T10:59:44.884-05:002010-01-22T10:59:44.884-05:00I agaree advocacy is so important. Many of us can...I agaree advocacy is so important. Many of us can work in the advocacy area in tandem with family and friends. But there are those of us that can't advocate for ourself. As you mentioned it is a fine line how far do you let us fall before catching us. The system is so faulty to add to this decision making. <br /><br />I guess it is a case by case basis, event by event. This is where the family and friends should be reaching out for their own support and guidance from a professional and family and friends support groups to help in determining what actions should or could be taken and when. This network should be in place long before the crisis. <br /><br />Flexability is important but the ground rules is take care of your needs first then look to theirs.<br /><br />Advocacy for prompt access to mental health treatment is a real need. It is unbelievable and unconscionable that this area is so lacking. <br /><br />The fact that agencies don't play well together is sad and really angers me the most. How dare they mess with my life over territorial issues. That is sick and those found to be doing this should be brought to the attention of the commission on quality care agency. Of course it is near impossible to prove.<br /><br />Your last paragraph is so true. Again one must take care of yourself first before you can be there for us your child, sibling or friend. <br /><br />For some of us we do have to get to our lowest and you will have to hope that we reach out then to the services in the community. Those servcies should be readily available which they aren't and that stinks.<br /><br />My heart goes out to the family and friends out there with loved ones with mental illness and or addictions. I have lived the system and am well aware of what you have experienced. We need more housing programs,accessiblty to the clinics for mental illness and those with dual diagnosis in a timely manner and we need more peers working in the system. Our knowledge and ability to be an asset to the system should not be underestimated.<br /><br />Celeste TrotzAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com