5. MENTAL HEALTH The Facts and the Fiction A Patient's Perspective

11. Consultant Psychiatrist Occupational Therapist Care Worker Psychiatric Nurse

14. The role of the Occupational Therapist A heavily disguised Health Professional!!

16. I SO DO NOT NEED A SOCIAL WORKER OK? That was before I met Len

23. STORY OF A LIFE IN FIVE CHAPTERS CHAPTER ONE I walk down the street There is a deep hole in the pavement I fall in, I am lost, I am helpless It wasn't my fault

24. CHAPTER TWO I walk down the street There is a deep hole in the pavement I pretend I don't see it. If fall in again I can't believe I'm in the same place But it isn't my fault It still takes a long time to get out

25. CHAPTER THREE I walk down the same street There is a deep hole in the pavement I see it there, I still fall in, it's a habit My eyes are open I know where I am It is my fault I get out immediately

26. CHAPTER FOUR I walk down the same street There is a deep hole in the pavement I walk around it

27. CHAPTER FIVE I walk down another street oooOOOooo

28. THE BENEFITS Obvious – exercise Less Obvious – contact with others and building of social skills THE BENEFITS Obvious – exercise Less Obvious – contact with others and building of social skills

31. SOME GENERAL THOUGHTS ABOUT MENTAL ILLNESS FROM WHERE I STAND NOW

37. CRISIS

40. So can the average mental health professional really understand the feelings and state of mind of someone on the point of a crisis?

41. How can they tell when someone is really on the edge of something or a feeling that they can no longer tolerate?

42. How can the mental health professional help when the patient no longer has the will or the energy to articulate their thoughts?

44. WARNING!!!