Comments on: Assertive Outreach: aka the non compliant, disengaged, non attender’s service http://fightingtheurge.wordpress.com/2008/08/18/assertive-outreach-aka-the-non-compliant-disengaged-non-attender/ Bipolar, bulimic, obsessive, trichotillomanic, opioid misusing, self-harming, post-traumatically stressed twenty something self-confessed 'sloaney' Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:33:09 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: colouredmind http://fightingtheurge.wordpress.com/2008/08/18/assertive-outreach-aka-the-non-compliant-disengaged-non-attender/#comment-465 colouredmind Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:21:54 +0000 http://fightingtheurge.wordpress.com/?p=138#comment-465 The joy of AOT, I am under an assertive outreach team for adolecents at the moment. The name makes you think that they have legendary ways of making you connect with the service, but mine has none except for home visits and a unofficial taxi service so they can pick you up from college and take you home for the session. Glad to hear that Gavin sounds ok. Hannah X The joy of AOT, I am under an assertive outreach team for adolecents at the moment. The name makes you think that they have legendary ways of making you connect with the service, but mine has none except for home visits and a unofficial taxi service so they can pick you up from college and take you home for the session. Glad to hear that Gavin sounds ok. Hannah X

]]> By: Alison http://fightingtheurge.wordpress.com/2008/08/18/assertive-outreach-aka-the-non-compliant-disengaged-non-attender/#comment-464 Alison Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:03:19 +0000 http://fightingtheurge.wordpress.com/?p=138#comment-464 Quote .... “I hate myself for putting on the happy, smiling, ‘isn’t life just one big laugh’ mask when faced with mental health professionals. It’s bloody hard to try and convince someone that you do suffer from depressive episodes when you’re sitting there smiling and using humour throughout the session.” I couldn’t have worded that better Ruth! Take care of yourself... Quote …. “I hate myself for putting on the happy, smiling, ‘isn’t life just one big laugh’ mask when faced with mental health professionals. It’s bloody hard to try and convince someone that you do suffer from depressive episodes when you’re sitting there smiling and using humour throughout the session.”

I couldn’t have worded that better Ruth!

Take care of yourself…

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