Q&A with Australian Health Practitioners
Why no safe place/support for people with suicidal impulses?
Hi,
I am a very normal person: I have a job, good family, girlfriend, and a place to live. But I have a medical illness called chronic depression which causes me to become very unhappy and, in extreme cases, makes me want to kill myself.
I do not want to come across as unthankful for any of the fine work organisation like LifeLine, Beyond Blue etc do, and I do not mean this question to come across as resentful or accusative.
But the truth is I find that I when I feel close to suicide again there is nothing I can do about it. I would love to arrange to talk to a counsellor or psychologist but they will not go into suicide because of the governments ‘duty of care’ policy prevents them. I have been to hospital to seek help before when one of these impulses hit only to be locked up and treated horribly and come out feeling worse then when I went in.
I just dont understand why there is a level of support up to a certain point and then nothing if you mention the ‘S’ word. Why is so?
