A Psychiatrist's View Of The UBI
Aug. 10th, 2017 09:28 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
birguslatroThis is an interesting read...
https://theredgreenpen.com/2017/08/07/the-ubi-and-our-quest-for-meaning/
And they say something I've long suspected: "Because the reality is that many people that I see in a crisis, suicidal and despairing of life, don’t really need specialist psychiatric support. They need a house. They need a job. They’re worried that their benefit is going to be cut off next week, if they can feed themselves or their kids, if they can afford the GP, or whether they should go without their medication to pay the rent."
It's a New Zealand blog, hence a few of the comments are NZ-related.
[Edit: July 15, 2024] I noticed the above link is no longer working, but I see it can now be found here...
https://toddwilliamsmith.substack.com/p/the-ubi-and-our-quest-for-meaning
https://theredgreenpen.com/2017/08/07/the-ubi-and-our-quest-for-meaning/
And they say something I've long suspected: "Because the reality is that many people that I see in a crisis, suicidal and despairing of life, don’t really need specialist psychiatric support. They need a house. They need a job. They’re worried that their benefit is going to be cut off next week, if they can feed themselves or their kids, if they can afford the GP, or whether they should go without their medication to pay the rent."
It's a New Zealand blog, hence a few of the comments are NZ-related.
[Edit: July 15, 2024] I noticed the above link is no longer working, but I see it can now be found here...
https://toddwilliamsmith.substack.com/p/the-ubi-and-our-quest-for-meaning