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A stressful job has a direct biological impact on the body, raising the risk of heart disease, research has indicated.

Read this about a suicide. I quote from the article: According to his sister, James visited his GP and was told to “pull himself together and not expect everyone to do everything for him.”

But James knew that he needed treatment, so he went to hospital twice, only to be handed anti-depressants and an appointment for five months later.

                                                                                                   

“Each time it was like, right, OK, so you’re suicidal? Right, so we’re sending you home now, and we’ll give you an appointment. Here’s an appointment for July,” says Gemma. “Of course part of you wonders, would he still be with us now if he had got appointments sooner?”

So I was sent to hospital as a high risk suicide, six weeks treatment and then I waited 18 months for ANY other help whilst my life collapsed. James visited his GP and was told to “pull himself together and not expect everyone to do everything for him could be a transcript from the man that said I was a high risk suicide, got me sent to hospital and THEN totally ignored me. Dr A.

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