The day we buried Isabel, our daughter turned 17.
She had been fighting ANOREXIA for more than 2 years, we warned numerous times of its worsening, self-destructive behavior, depression, she herself asked them for help...
SHE MET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS TO BE ADMITTED TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM AND THE SUICIDE PREVENTION PROTOCOLS WERE NOT COMPLIED WITH
3 days after his last visit, he escaped through a second-story window, falling into the void. In our opinion, not everything possible was done, and Isabel did not have the opportunity to improve due to poor care.
Public assistance in Mental Health is deficient and there is a lack of many professionals and resources to address the current situation.
Overwhelmed by Isabel's worsening, we visited private centers, saturated with 6 and 8 weeks of waiting list for the first consultation.
Today no one is going to give me Isabel back, but I do want to prevent any other family from having to go through what I'm going through and above all, that I don't want to go through what I'm going through.
Today no one is going to give Isabel back to me, but I do want to avoid that no other family has to go through what I am going through and above all, that no other person has to see that there is no place to cure him/her in a Hospital or Center specialized in Mental Disorders.
We started the campaign in Valencia and we will go wherever it is necessary because the PROBLEM IS NATIONAL, MENTAL HEALTH IS THE GREAT FORGOTTEN AND IT IS NOT ENOUGH WITH THE CURRENT RESOURCES.
In the Valencian Community there are only 11 beds for people with ED - eating disorders - in the Hospital of “la Fé” in Valencia.
IN SPAIN THERE ARE COMMUNITIES WITHOUT ANY TYPE OF UNIT SPECIALIZED IN TCA AS EUSKADI OR CANARY ISLANDS...
Our request to the MINISTRY OF HEALTH and CONSELLERIA SANIDAD GVA
1. TO DOUBLE THE CAPACITY OF ADMISSION IN PUBLIC ACT UNITS, providing sufficient resources and personnel so that after discharge from the unit they are always in continuous follow-up with their reference centers.
2. THAT THE PROTOCOL FOR THE PREVENTION OF SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR WITH ADEQUATE TRAINING FOR PROFESSIONALS AND INFORMATION FOR THE ENVIRONMENT OF THE PEOPLE CONCERNED BE COMPULSORY (and not merely a tool).
3. TO PROVIDE HOSPITALS WITH SPECIALISTS IN PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY IN THE EMERGENCY SERVICES AS ANOTHER SPECIALITY (mental health cannot be treated from 8h to 14h from Monday
4. MANAGE EXISTING RESOURCES MORE EFFICIENTLY.
5. NATIONAL PLAN FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND THE FIGHT AGAINST SUICIDE. The figures are chilling: 12 people a day.
The problem is huge and it seems that nobody wants to see it: more resources and professionals are needed in the Mental Health Units, and that these are also specialized in children and adolescents. We must train and inform on anti-suicide protocols, and we must do it now.
Tanks