tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470097808236648178.post1449805205343682049..comments2023-12-24T15:26:45.358-08:00Comments on pygalgia: Mental Healthpygalgiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14423302866723206260noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470097808236648178.post-62084769249050447672007-08-08T10:47:00.000-07:002007-08-08T10:47:00.000-07:00I too worked in the "Field." I was a counselor for...I too worked in the "Field." I was a counselor for 6 years working with the Mentally Ill, children and at the end Gang Members.<BR/><BR/>You're correct there is no system. It's set up to perpetuate itself, which means helping people is not in the System's best interest.<BR/><BR/>Recently I learned one of my favorite clients died here in the streets of Louisville. (Paranoid Schizophrenic). She had no family or friends and was buried by the state.<BR/><BR/>It is sad Py, but then I think there are so many things to worry about where do you even start?<BR/><BR/>We do what we can and that's the best we can do.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470097808236648178.post-2416108445111407662007-08-07T19:53:00.000-07:002007-08-07T19:53:00.000-07:00You're a special man, P.I worked briefly in the fi...You're a special man, P.<BR/><BR/>I worked briefly in the field in a private (read: reserved for the well-insured) psychiatric hospital doing admissions not treatment.<BR/><BR/>It's a tough field. You did a good thing tyring to talk to the woman in the bar, wishing you could help her in some way.<BR/><BR/>Compassion and decency are becoming a precious commodity in our frightened, divisive country.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com