• Question: what is the most serious thing you have had to deal with?

    Asked by 749menb25 to Psychiatry Ward Team, Neel - Psychiatrist, Home Treatment Team, Early Intervention Team, Ed - Mental Health Nurse, Arts Therapy Team, Annabel - Head of HR on 1 Feb 2019.
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      Sheffield Psychiatry Ward Team answered on 1 Feb 2019:

      I have had to deal with quite a few medical emergencies which although you have a process to follow and a team to work with your adrenaline is pumping and every second feels like a life time, luckily I have a great team around so we have a debrief afterwards and we help the patient afterwards. On the ward I work on we have a service which works with the police, where if they have someone who they feel needs mental health services they bring them to us, this can feel serious at times as in rare occasions a crime has been committed and we have to work with the police and the law.

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      Home Treatment Team answered on 3 Feb 2019: last edited 3 Feb 2019 12:57 pm

      Hi, Julie here. It’s hard to think of the one most serious thing to be honest. I think managing patients is crisis every day brings a lot of serious situations.

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      Arts Therapy Team answered on 4 Feb 2019:

      Richard; The most serious thing? To take who I work with seriously, for each service user who has a mental illness, each day they continue to get up and brave the day, needs to be respected and treated as a small act of bravery.

      Over the years I have participated in many situations that could have gone on to be serious incidents, thankfully because we work in teams you are surrounded by an array of talented, creative individuals who have a wide range of skills that when we all work together we can minimise risk, unfortunately we can’t ultimately eliminate risk.

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      Ed Freshwater answered on 5 Feb 2019:

      Agree with everyone saying a mental health crisis is a very serious situation; it’s difficult because some people in crisis are not experiencing the same reality as you, so it’s hard to understand where they are coming from until you spend the time listening.

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      Neel Halder answered on 9 Feb 2019:

      I consider everyone I have dealt with as having serious issues, no matter what they are. To them this is the be all and end all and we approach each individual with the same seriousness that it deserves. I don’t think I could rank any of them in any way. The only person you shouldn’t take too seriously is yourself.

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