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Originally Posted by Dion
Yes I am making some assumptions and no I do not want the children removed. She has a history that dates back to the sexual abuse she got from her father which she attempted suicide for the first time. Mental health care in this province is difficult to access and woefully inadequate with limited programs and long waits resulting in many affected people falling through the cracks in the system. It's my opinion is she fell through those cracks.
A person with suicidal ideations is a ticking time bomb. I'm suprised you would think that thoughts of suicide should be ignored.
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No, a person with suicidal ideations is not a ticking time bomb that is going to eventually go off. There are plenty of people who have had thoughts of suicide (myself included actually) who have no plans to actually commit suicide. I think it is offensive to think that saying that people who don't view someone as a "ticking time bomb" are ignoring the problem. I am not ignoring it but I also know that it doesn't guarantee that an individual with suicidal ideations is going to attempt to commit suicide.
Do I think that there are gaps in mental health care provided to people in Alberta (and the world in general) absolutely. Do I think that I would want to go out, not knowing the facts and blindly state that the health care system is to blame for this, no. I do know that there is screening for PPD and suicidal ideations during healthy beginnings appointments when a nurse will go around to the house and an Edinburgh Postpartum Depression Scale (an evidence based scale) is administered. If there are red flags they are put into contact with a mental health professional, as well as peer supports such as new mothers groups are available to the mother. The fact is though that if someone is not an imminent risk to themselves or others they can not be detained under a form in the Alberta Mental Health Act.
It is tragic what happened here but at the end of the day to blindly state that the health care system failed her and her children isn't a productive approach. Especially since there are a great number of services that exist for women who do have PPD. Are they 100% effective, no of course not, but absolutely no treatment in all of medicine is.
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