DJKillaQueen

It probably is in many areas PGC. H asked what might be the benefit of finding more resources......well if people can be got well, they won't have to claim more expensive benefits like incapacity or ESA, and in turn may be able to work again and pay taxes. Poor self-esteem is a factor with depression....and obviously that is a barrier to many things. I think it's an investment worth making.

But at least if you have a cr@p phone...all you are losing is a cr@p phone....not a ?500 iphone.

I think the only aspect that is done well is the prescribing of anti-depressants (or other drugs). You'll get those right away from a GP. You may then be referred an area mental health team who if you are lucky may visit you a couple of times a week for a short while. You will wait anything up to six months for counselling (and it will be pot luck as to whether you get a counsellor that is right for you) and be allowed a maximum of 16 sessions usually and for CBT as Otta says six sessions. Many people with mental health issues have taken years to get there and similarly need years of support to get well, not just from those who treat mental health, but from other support groups that can help get their life back in control or on some kind of forward track. Many people who develop mental health problems are in a situation where they have little or no family support, have become isolated, are suffering financial hardship - the Maudsley for example has a crisis scheme that gives food to people for a month whilst some way is found to try and make it possible for them to survive on their basic benefits (single people on JSA being the people tpyically most affected). If you struggle to eat properly then how can you get well. There is a lot of ignorance about mental health issues and the range of mental health problems that people can suffer from.

And I wonder why some people feel the need to be at the end of a phone every minute of the day - horses for courses.....

Hmm manybe 'extremes' wasn't the right word but you know what I meant, sort of. Totally agree they both compete for the same centre ground of politics though.

They need to put far more money and resources into this and into general mental health services too, as many people who get into trouble with drugs and/or alcohol are also suffering from severe depression.

It is certainly true for the last two governments that one cut investment and then other tried to make up for it - Education and the NHS being good examples. In reality what should have happened is that one should have invested more than it did so that the other would need to invest less. Those are the kind of swings that we see in normal times between the two main UK parties, but one is a needed reaction to the other. Two extremes always trying to cancel each other out.

LOL MP....but H is absolutely right....if one person steals, someone else is paying for it and for a small business it could be the difference between success and failure. If I owned that buainess I would want to know. For something to be spiteful and bitter the 'medic' needs to be either gaining or avenging something by it. He is doing neither.

Oooh would that be what's meant by a 'flash' mob :))

Err it's called common sense.....it isn't that big a deal to ignore your phone for the x amount of minutes it takes to walk from A - B.

If yellow lines are all that would be needed for those of you posting then I can't understand why the council can't act on that (seems a small thing to ask for)...James?

The message is clear...flash your expensive items and you open yourself up for stuff. There is no phone call so important that it can't wait till you get to somewhere sensible enough to return the call.

Nothing will happen to him Sue and if it does we have laws to protect him.

Me too LD. Governments both left and right can have varying degrees of success and failure when it comes to debt. External factors beyond their control are often at play too.

lol true :))

I'm sure one of my footy ladies has gone to it!

I like the summer because it releases endorphins to the brain which in turn makes people feel happier!

I'm just hoping no-one pee'd in the lake :-$

Hmm...Meds...pros - has never upset me - cons - hasn't got boobs....OK I'll do it Frank! :))

I remember one time tying cotton to five knockers so I could pull them all at the same time! (I was 7 btw)

I never heard it called that before...we used to call it 'postmans knock' when I was a kid.

Katie is hopefully rescuing me, because the medic, karter and frankito are too busy fighting in the lake and huge is too busy fighting off SpaghettiSue. Geez it's cold in this water!

I totally disagree. The accountant he's covering for is stealing - he has a professional and moral obligation to report that.....if only to protect his own reputation.

I'm not a sausage type of gal...polish or otherwise ;-)

I'd definitely raise it but stick to the financial facts. The books don't balance, explain why and let them ask who is responsible. You can present a view on that but then it's up to the owner to decide if they believe you and how they want to handle it. They employ you to manage their accounts, so I think part of that responsibility is to inform them of theft or fraud. You don't want to find them subjected to an audit down the line and for it to find that you never informed them at the time. I had a similar experience when I took over at my TA. I did an audit of the accounts (because I could see something was wrong just from the annual financial statements). I put together a report and immediately took it to the people who needed to know. It was absolutely the right thing to do but of course those that were implicated have an absolute hatred for what I did (but who cares about them).