A public healthcare network is seeking a policy change to help people with mental illnesses get the treatment they need, as some are struggling to access both treatment and medication.

 

The network has submitted a petition to Public Health minister Cholnan Srikaew yesterday.

 

In the petition, the network asks the minister to increase the number of psychiatrists and psychotherapists, as patients currently have to wait a long time for treatment. Moreover, they currently have limited choices regarding treatment and medicine.

 

Full story: Thai PBS 2023-12-26

 

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12 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

A public healthcare network is seeking a policy change to help people with mental illnesses get the treatment they need, as some are struggling to access both treatment and medication.

Half the population it seems.

Most of the trained psychologists I have met in Thailand over the past few decades have been working in the advertising industry.  The article reinforces the findings a WHO report (of 2022 or 2021) that there is a growing global shortage of health care professionals.

They need to do like in the USA and UK, train Nurse Specialists.

There are shortages of Doctors everywhere and Specialist Nurses have been proven to be just as effective. In the USA they have a PhD. Their only limitation is their  limitation with prescriptions.

Unlike Doctors, Nurse Specialists will take a full history, including family history and keep records for reference when needed. Therefore their diagnosis tends to be far more accurate!

The Medical Associations tell Doctors to treat the symptoms only. This is dangerous particularly in Thailand where there is Medical Tourism!

 

Personally, I have been wrongly diagnosed twice. Another time the Doctor never even examined me. He just prescribed drugs and a heavy charge for a 4 minute consultation.

 

In the UK they used to call it DC10, Direct Contact 10 minutes (with a Psychiatrist)!

 

The other issue in Thailand is that they don’t accept overseas trained Doctors or Nurses, only Teachers, their obsession with teaching English and allows for visa abuse!

I suspect a lot of this countries mental health issues stem from long term Yaba use,

Amphetamine does strange things to people, paranoia being a common side effect.