My son is in the public system for treatment of his bi-polar condition. As he's been around a while, he is now on 3 monthly visits - only 4 times a year! But he's not making any improvement and I don't see how a visit every three months can really help. Does anyone have experience with the private system, or any ideas of how to kick start a better treatment plan?
Hi,
My husband suffers from severe depression and a delusional disorder. My experience is that the actual treatment that is received is basically the same, but the surroundings are better, more conducive to a normal lifestyle and the presence of potentially violent/severely affected patients are not as prevalent, but I guess that this would depend on what kind of facility (public/private) that your son was thinking of entering.
I hope that that helps.