How often in emergency do you feel you get 'time wasters' (people who don't need to be in emergency psychiatric care)?
Do you think the increase in knowledge about mental illness these days mean you have more people presenting at the ED when really they just need someone to talk to?
Reason I ask is I was in an emergency ward for 36 hours a few years back and the registrar basically told me I was wasting their time. It was very traumatic considering I was so depressed I had conspiracy theories (not quite psychotic but almost) yet she wouldn't discharge me until I admitted was wasting their time and wasn't suicidal.
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How often in emergency do you feel you get 'time wasters' (people who don't need to be in emergency psychiatric care)?
Do you think the increase in knowledge about mental illness these days mean you have more people presenting at the ED when really they just need someone to talk to?
Reason I ask is I was in an emergency ward for 36 hours a few years back and the registrar basically told me I was wasting their time. It was very traumatic considering I was so depressed I had conspiracy theories (not quite psychotic but almost) yet she wouldn't discharge me until I admitted was wasting their time and wasn't suicidal.
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