Action | Mental Health Skill-building Services |
Stage | Emergency/NOIRA |
Comment Period | Ended on 12/11/2013 |
I receive MHS from my local community services office. I was diagnosed with schizophrenia when I was 15 and spent several years in and out of hospitals. I just turned 20 and I have been told that my services will stop because I want to continue to live with my parents. Once I'm 21, I can get the service again. I have no clue how this makes any difference. I have learned that I cannot live on my own and need the support my parents offer, but they don't do for me what my MHS person does for me. They don't know the things they know and they don't have the patience when I get to worrying about bad things happening. I thought about moving out so I could keep the service, but that doesn't seem fair. Last time I moved out even with the service, I ended up in a state hospital for months. So, tell me you people who make these decisions- should I move out and end up in the hospital again (which I understand is expensive) or do you respect my decision to live where I want and let me have a service that has helped me?