Thank you for that. Those are good points.
One thing with the 18-month wait is that we have the psychiatrist as the holy grail. You get to see a psychiatrist and are suffering till you get there, but the psychiatrist doesn't have all the answers. The idea is to have more of a team-based care, exactly as Peter spoke of.
I think that, yes, it starts with the community. It starts with peer support. It starts with trusted adults, trusted peers, mentors and mentees who create this community where discussing how they feel has been normalized. It's something we worked on in the military for 20 years. If your colleagues know you when you're well, they'll notice that subtle change and have the courage to tell you to go get help.
I think we've done a good thing that way. The lack, of course, is that we don't always have the help when people.... I've always looked at soldiers, veterans or children the same way: You have a window that's open. That window is open briefly and you need to get the help quickly for that.