If you have a mental health condition and are having treatment for this, would this be referred to a

Jarash

“Health condition that restricts their ability to work or prepare for work” UC

If you have a mental health condition and are having treatment for this, would this be referred to above?

Schildpad

I have anxiety and depression among other stuff and for sure it stops me from getting a job. If a person has. A Mental condition that condition can dictate the way you feeling from one day to another. No one will take the riak on hiring a person with any mental condition as they look for consistency. A person turning up every day and not pulling sickies every other day. I believe the system don't see the hurdles involved in having a mental disability. I am having treatment. Normally treatment involves medication and it does not work. Also therapy it works until it doesn't and sometimes it never works. . Medication is the same. I guess meditation is better than no medication. Treatments are short. Medication is not. You have to picture yourself waking up every morning and going to work . The stress of dealing with traffic transport people etc.. and the same everyday. Trying to keep happy people around you so you can keep the job. It is very hard. And so far I can not do it.

anisty

It depends on the health condition and how it affects you.

Some people have chronic mental health issues and might never be able to work.

Others have a severe, acute mental health emergency where treatment is successful and then they are fit for work again.

For example, in my 20s, i was hospitalised for a severe, acute psychosis. I had ECT which worked a miracle in my case and i have never since lost a single day's work to mental health illness in a 40 yr career.

Others have long term mental health issues which are successfully managed with medication. My husband is a good example of this. He had depression in 2002, needed 6 months off work but did not need hospitalised.

Once they found a drug regime that worked for him, he returned to work and has not needed any more time off due to MH.

So - he is receiving treatment but it's not restricting his ability to work.

Obvs when i was receiving treatment, it was in hospital so i wouldn't have been able to work during the treatment but i was able to return to work soon afterwards.

My son has MH counselling and is on anti ds - again he can work full time, organising his counselling around his work.

So - your question in itself is very much an "it depends" answer.