Mental Health System

Wouldn't it be more functional if rather than 'try' to help hundreds of individuals a little bit, these 'intern' wannabe counselors who get their starts at the state run agencies who deal with our mentally ill maybe take on a smaller amount of clients, so that they can spend time with them, because the healing comes when you spend TIME with people.
Here's a concept for all you 'been to school so long to get some degree' but 'lack common sense skills' people: When you want to teach a child, or a dolphin, or a friend about trust, and love, and ANYTHING, you have to spend TIME with them. To really get to know someone, you have to spend TIME with them. To help someone, you have to spend TIME with them. Not a few minutes, not throwing drugs at the problem, and especially NOT let our mentally ill loved ones WANDER through their own problems when their failing miserably!
I'm really upset at you guys!

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I'm pissed that my fiance suffers from some mental illness and she's supposed to be getting help from the "system" and at sound mental health and others involved, but these agencies are revolving door operations because of, in my opinion, lack of funds, lack of quality time spent with each client, throwing too many prescribed drugs at the individuals without 'really' watching their reactions. It's just insanity. What happened to the times when a doctor 'cared' for his patients? The other day someone who was raised in England explained to me that each individual gets 'a family doctor' who manages the individual, and if a specialist is needed, the 'family doctor' finds the specialist, but the 'family doctor' always manages the individuals health... FOR LIFE! The US health care system is screwed up, especially when it comes to dealing with out MENTALLY ILL or those who CANNOT ADVOCATE FOR THEMSELVES. This really gets me angry!