Mental Health Care in the UK and Netherlands
Jennifer Dixon (UK) and Marit Tanke (The Netherlands) discuss the challenges of integrating mental health care into the overall care mix.
This conversation was recorded during Aspen Ideas: Health in Aspen, Colorado. Presented by the Aspen Institute, the three-day event opens the Aspen Ideas Festival and features more than 200 speakers engaging with urgent health care challenges and exploring cutting-edge innovations in medicine and science.
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2 Comments
I have been on the verge of suicide in the Netherlands and doctors really do not care!
They expect someone who is mentally unwell and in a state of mania to be able to:
Contact their insurance to see if a psychiatrist is covered
Contact the gp for a referral
Contact the professional (only to find out they don’t have a contract with your gp)
REPEAT!
And every time you try it makes your mental health worse! They really just want you to kill your self before they have to spend money on you
Mental health care is very bad regulated in the NL, espacially for young people who sometimes have to wait 2 years before talking to psychiatrist