Should People Be Allocated A Lifelong Counsellor?

[Raidergal2022]

People are allocated a gp, so do you think that everyone should be allocated a counsellor from a young age through life?

I don’t mean that they should see them regular but maybe see them annually as like a mental health checkup and if any issues arise they could then have regular sessions/signposting to the correct mental health service.

I think this would allow a persons mental health to be monitored through their life and would help to identify safeguarding issues etc particularly in the young and elderly. It would also help to encourage self awareness from a young age as people tend to develop strong beliefs/biases without realising which can impact themselves and society.

[andres]

pasta^^^ I worked for 20 years in the NHS with people with all kinds of mental heath problems and enjoyed every day. In fact in all that time I only had three days illness.

[bednobs]

i know, but in the 70s and 80s you didnt hear about "mental health" the only thing you would hear was if someone had had a nervous breakdown, and been admitted to a psych hospital as andres says

[roadman]

Neurology is intense and i dont suspect they had *** all idea in the 70s and 80s

[jno]

I assume the idea now is that taking action before the nervous breakdown may avert it, keeping people healthier and happier. Still a lot of denial and stigma attached, though