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health advisory Hospital Mental Health 2007-11-15 18:59:52

i dont know who too turn too

the doc wants me too go but i dont want everyone knowing whats going on

Answer:

Ask him If he can refer you to another hospital that's not part of the trust you work for. Get the help you need, Mental health problems are not something to be ashamed of, if you had a broken leg you'd get it fixed. Good luck.

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go to another hospital but its usually confidential anyway, just say you dont want to talk about it. Sometime it is better that others know especially those closest to you so that they can help

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Go get the help you need. Go to the next county, city or state if you feel you need to. You would not be the first who wanted to protect your identity when seeking mental health care.

Good luck with it.

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I work in mental health and would like to help you but you haven't really given me enough to go on.

If you work in a general health hospital, then it is easy to keep confidential. Lower level mental illnesses such as depression and anxiety are more common than you'd think and even though you don't know it you probably work with people who have their own mental health problems. Please don't deal with this on your own, it wont be as bad as you think.

If you work in mental health, make sure that you only talk directly to your manager and not other staff and only if that is on the advice of a doctor.