Hai all...THIS IS FOR ALL...
I have not been able to understand one thing...How can be a person in life saving service (let me not use the word PROFESSION or JOB....as these words have a connotation of earning money for the service...paid-service...so, they are likely to be looking at their wrist watches all the time for the next patient and they may not be available for 24 hours service!) say that the person will attend to a patient or a person with difficulty in living (people suffering from psychological disorders or discomforts or illnesses...or finding social issues in normal peaceful day-to-day living!!) only on stipulated clinic timings?
Of course, in hospitals doctors and nurses are made available for 24 hours service on payment!!
But in the case of patients with non-clinical psychological issues...i.e people with normal day-to-day living issues which sometimes can push a person to loneliness, decisions to end the life, severe depression etc momentarily during the silent sleeping hours...when they are at their homes...may be alone...then what happens?...Can a psychologist say ‘only during clinic hours!’...how many psychologists lift their phone or make them selves available to attend to such cases, even if they are paid?
Psychiatrists can not prescribe medicine over phone as psychiatric medicines are not given by pharmacies without doctor’s prescription. So, they have to physically attend to the patient, write the prescription and handover to the patient!!
So, what is the solution?
Psychologists should render counselling as a free service!!
But they also have to or want to live in their own house, buy mansions and villas...have to live their posh lavish rich life in comparison with others...other doctors!!...So, they can argue ‘I have saved your life!..So, why not you pay me commensurately like you pay other doctors!!’
Who is best?...A person ready to give free 24X7X365 service or a person ready to give the same service on payment or ‘can provide service only during day time, clinic hours’??...All these three can be argued favourably or unfavourably!!...You decide who is the best!!..Of course, money minded counsellors expect the patient to come often, repeatedly, so that their financial income is assured!!
One solution to such cases who need psychological counselling during silent hours or on highly private issues which they don’t want to share with any one...is VIRTUAL COUNSELLING!!...For this a team of psychologists and computer science students capable of generating software packages should work together. They should think about all possible questions, all possible answers, all possible eventualities etc and accordingly develop this software so that any one who has serious life threatening psychological issues can resort to VIRTUAL COUNSELLING!!...It would be a great service to the humanity!!....Any one interested in doing this??
This is the urgent need of the hour and in future!!
So, the crux is...
1. Ideal best Psychological counselling is a 24X7X365 free service by dedicated people who are really interested in saving life of people.
2. I only hope more people come up for 24X7X365 counselling service at least on payment basis.
3. I only hope the dedication for service and humanity increases rather than dedication for paid service.
4. I wish more people take up this service...more people take up education in this field...not for making money and wealth, but for real service for people and humanity!!
5. I also wish that people respect those who provide free service, and do not suspect such service providers.
Peacefully yours...rams...psychologist!!
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