Mental health campaigners on the Isle of Man have claimed people are being turned away from services whose help they need.
Juan Moore, who set up support group Manx Pact, said people had “lost faith in the crisis team” provided by Manx Care, arguing there needed to be more staff and more funding.
An MKH also said that teams dedicated to preventing suicide were “not fully resourced and connected”.
The government said a refreshed suicide prevention strategy, due in early 2027, would focus on “intervening earlier” so people get help “before reaching crisis.”
Moore set up Manx PACT (Manx People Actioning Change Together) after being told he faced a two-year wait for help.
He said many people who came to the group had said they had been turned away from mental health crisis teams.
He claimed one had been told it was “not a talking service” whiled another had said their relatived was not unwell enough to be helped.
Moore said the team was, in his view, “understaffed, and overworked”.
He said he wanted callers to the crisis team to be able to speak to a psychiatrist or psychologist at any time of day, more funding for services, and for people who had survived mental health crises to have a role in shaping the support on offer.
“If we were to listen to the people who survived, we could go a long, long way towards sorting out some of these issues,” he said.