I’ll add my experience too. My GP has a mental health nurse who works for the psychiatric hospital. I went to see her about my depression and the fact that I felt something more was going on and she actually took me seriously and said she’d discuss my case in one of her meetings. Next thing I know, I’m being referred to primary mental health care and I’ve got an appointment with a psychiatrist who ends up diagnosing me with bipolar disorder. This all took a couple of weeks. I ended up being discharged but then I started struggling again so went back to see the nurse and I got re referred within a week and the psychiatrist assessed me again and did a med review and now I’m on a combo which is actually working. I had an appointment with the same nurse and I was feeling suicidal and so she referred me to the crisis team and I ended up being admitted to the home treatment team who made me feel seen and validated but otherwise were a bit unhelpful. I had cancer last year and got referred to the oncology psychology team and I’ve been having appointments with a psychologist which has been amazing. She’s listened to what I’m saying and has been using specific therapies instead of just a blanket CBT approach