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Friday November 23, 2007 20:23 by Sean Crudden - impero sean at impero dot iol dot ie Jenkinstown, Dundalk, Co Louth. 087 9739945
Mental Health & Social Inclusion Mental health policy has changed? Hospitals have been run down and patients are being treated in the community. But the basic methodology remains the same. The treatment patients receive is no different. Perhaps patients have become even more isolated, unsupported? As I lay in bed last Tuesday morning my wife had to open the door for the postman. The reason for this is that he was delivering a "letter" which was far too big to fit through the letter-box. It contained a heavy 226 page tome. The pages are A4 size and covered mainly, except for a few diagrams, in rather fine print. The title of the document is "Mental Health & Social Inclusion." It is dated October 2007 and the front page tells us that it is Report 36 produced by the National Economic and Social Forum (NESF). |
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Jump To Comment: 1Sean,
In answer to your question, Where do we start? you should begin by rephrasing the question to read, Where do I start?
The place to start addressing such questions is always right here.
The time tostart addressing such questions is always right now. You can only act in the fleeting present, past opportunities are already lost, and future opportunities are only dreams.
The person to act, and to start doing something is you, or I.
Rabbi Hillel spoke a these few words of wisdom a few thousand years ago:
"If not I, then who
If not now, then when"
you are right, things are in a mess. As they say in Hebrew. Oh, a bagalan!