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Planning and following- Mental Illness
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1 year 11 months ago #276649 by Bryando
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Does being suicidal and/or having like thoughts come into play for following a familiar or unfamiliar journey?
I have a mixture of anxiety/panic attacks alongside feeling suicidal. Got medical evidence Police/Dr having to detain me for going a walk with intent.
However, I am at a loss if this comes under familiar journey or unfamiliar as equally applies to both.
Hope this makes sense.
I have a mixture of anxiety/panic attacks alongside feeling suicidal. Got medical evidence Police/Dr having to detain me for going a walk with intent.
However, I am at a loss if this comes under familiar journey or unfamiliar as equally applies to both.
Hope this makes sense.
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1 year 11 months ago #276658 by Gary
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Hi Bryando
The Going Out activity looks at three things.
Planning a route - this is primarily a cognitive or sensory (e.g. blindness) activity. You are being asked about the problems you would have with working out how to get from one place to another, you do not need to be able to follow the route that you are planning.
Undertaking a Journey - this is to do with mental health issues such as agoraphobia and social anxiety and is concerned with you leaving the house to go somewhere, they will be interested in the things that stop you doing this. You need to show that you would suffer "overwhelming psychological distress" to meet the criteria.
Following a route - This activity about the problems you would have navigating a route. So are there any problems; cognitive, sensory or mental health issues that would prevent you from doing this? This is different from undertaking a journey, in fact, if you cannot undertake a journey then you will not score points for following one and vice versa.
In answer to your question "Does being suicidal and/or having like thoughts come into play for following a familiar or unfamiliar journey?" the answer is no, but it would come into play when looking at the work capability assessment.
Gary
The Going Out activity looks at three things.
Planning a route - this is primarily a cognitive or sensory (e.g. blindness) activity. You are being asked about the problems you would have with working out how to get from one place to another, you do not need to be able to follow the route that you are planning.
Undertaking a Journey - this is to do with mental health issues such as agoraphobia and social anxiety and is concerned with you leaving the house to go somewhere, they will be interested in the things that stop you doing this. You need to show that you would suffer "overwhelming psychological distress" to meet the criteria.
Following a route - This activity about the problems you would have navigating a route. So are there any problems; cognitive, sensory or mental health issues that would prevent you from doing this? This is different from undertaking a journey, in fact, if you cannot undertake a journey then you will not score points for following one and vice versa.
In answer to your question "Does being suicidal and/or having like thoughts come into play for following a familiar or unfamiliar journey?" the answer is no, but it would come into play when looking at the work capability assessment.
Gary
Nothing on this board constitutes legal advice - always consult a professional about specific problems
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