Whose heard of Ghost Networks (for reaching a medical or mental health provider..) that "No Longer Take Your Insurance or Clients" etc

From another FB post with an article from Bloomberg Business Week about the decline in health care providers accepting insurance or cutting people off from services. The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (as well as the Veterans Crisis Line) is 1-800-273-8255.

I learned a lot. In MN, a class action suit with some of the families who suffered loss of coverage, which likely contributed to one or more losing a loved one to suicide, some progress was made in holding the company accountable..

"As Suicides Rise, Insurers  Find Ways to Deny Mental Health Coverage". by Koons and Tozzi is the name of the article which sadly depicts the loss of a young man to suicide after his services for recovery from an opiod addiction were cut.

The huger numbers they report of suicides for 2017 were 47,000 and death from overdoses that year were 70,000. In 2018, 73 million adults had at least one episode of major depression.

The Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act was supposed to insure adequate coverage on par with medical services over a decade ago.

The more people realize 'it's not them', it's this gigantic crazy system that's playing smoke and mirror, ghost and ghoulish games with many people in dire need and likely plenty of organized you-know-what to keep it that way or corrupt politicians and so on, the better we can all feel on a basic level.

Then we can try to remedy many aspects of our system with the good stuff, early on and often encouraging each other to stay in their for a few more rounds. Overall having a sense of where one is on their life journey (and that may stretch back a few generations) can be helpful. I met a man the other day who I heard had family members lost to the Holocaust for being Jewish.

There are more discussion groups about what the legal or proper terminology is even about discussing a 'Two-State Solution.' That could be deemed anti-Semitic in some places, whether colleges, print or certain states.

The basic premise asserts that acknowledging the potential rights of Palestine is speaking against Israel...and therefore is 'Anti-Semitic'. Another article I read somewhere asserted that 'all people from that area are 'semitic' so being in opposition to Israel or pro a two-state solution for Israel and Palestine is not 'anti-Semitic."

In looking up the proper spelling of the word 'semitic" I read and article by Karen Park from Sojourners, called "Confronting  Christian Anti-Semitism One Mascot At a Time." She asserts it is time for a do-over in terms of learning the history of the Crusades (especially the one that killed many Rhineland Jews in the 11th Century.) It's time to start apologizing and cleaning up remnants of wrongful attacks and killing from way back in the day up through modern times. She's a brave person to share some basic information so feel inspired to read more and advocate as you can to change the wave of hatred and separation. Often 'we get what we sow' so be careful where one goes with one's thoughts, words and deeds.

I will wrap this up for now but felt inspired to share the basic hotline info in memory of one who was born this time of year but whose earthly journey was one filled with mental health and other ups and downs....and a seeming ending of his own life, yet that was not determined to be the case to many people's satisfaction

. No autoposy was performed and a cremation happened the following day. Likely the family should have had a way to insist on better protocol and have support since it was as sudden loss.

While he had gone to an emergency room stating he was in distress the waiting times was hours long and he felt he'd need to back at work so left.

Other people had similar complaints about that hospital which thankfully changed its policies not long after his passing. Ideally advocates could help families and others understand what immediate help is available that will have the adequate admission and coverage.

Since no one knows 100% what each day will bring, how they will respond to 'bad news' or 'unexpected  situations and challenges' there could be a Landing Zone in every area (within a half hour drive ideally) possibly with volunteers allowing a space in their place of worship or at homeless shelters, fire houses and of course hospitals or other suitable clinics, to have a supportive intervention team.

Calling an ambulance may be an option but safety needs to be determined for rescue people to go in. Ideally no weapons would be available to someone thinking of suicide, so family should know what is located where and remove items and ammunition promptly. There is more information about safety on CA Protective Parents Association. Any woman in a troubled relationship deserves basic training about various forms of control and how early episodes of intimidation and violence may set the tone of unease and volatility. Just hoping or loving someone or even suffering due to feeling trapped financially or with children should not color one's world to the point a woman feels 'there are no options.'

Sadly even people who are mainly well and functioning can feel 'out of their mind' if there is an announcement of someone wanting to change course (leave for a while or get a divorce or have custody of the children whether shared if it is safe and appropriate or solely if that is done for one's safety and the well-being of the parties at least initially.)

The latter is recommended by many domestic abuse experts, for the victim to have sole custody of children initially. That is part of US House Resolution 72 which passed in the House yet needs to be heard in the US Senate.

That would provide a good guide and initial safety blanket for those seeking protection and security for themselves initially to leave a difficult, dangerous abuser. Far too much abuse and injury if not fatal woundings of victims, their children and even the aggressor against himself occurs during or after separation so much serious thought and good support is needed to amend that kind of pattern. One out of three times a controlling man will end his own life if he takes the lives of his people in his biological or otherwise determined family members.

I cover more about that difficult issue in many posts, yet wonder what information the Suicide Prevention Line Resources which direct calls to local resources offer. RAINN is a separate organization from DV groups however. There are also resources such as  Battered Mothers Custody Conference, StopAbuseCampaign,org, Lundy Bancroft, Safe and Together Institute, Legal Aid and Woman's Law Resources (in NYC I think), Children Law Center (in CT), Dutchess Mediation (for conflicts that they feel they may be able to help address), mediation for some court-ordered conflicts, Tort Law Museum to help people understand the history of Tort Law in winsted CT, and many services through 211.org or 311.org in NYC five boroughs. Good luck building up support systems early and often. It takes a brave person to 'be well' and an even braver person with advocates to face The Systems to get help. Use faith groups as appropriate but don't put all your eggs and prayers in one basket!