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Here's where you don't want to live

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Portsmouth, England. From Portsmouth.co.uk:

Gaps in the city's provision were revealed in a survey of mental health users carried out by health watchdog, the Healthcare Commission. It said the government recommended counselling and cognitive behavioural therapy for all patients with schizophrenia or suspected schizophrenia, but nationally the inspectors found only 50 per cent were given access to it. The survey also discovered mental health patients living in the community cannot rely on getting NHS help in a crisis.

Sounds almost as bad as the U.S.! (Kidding. Patriots: Please don't yell at me.) The best places for nutters like me to live in England are: Bournemouth, Dorset, Buckinghamshire, Southampton and Harrow. Good to know.

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Liz Spikol is senior contributing editor of Philadelphia Weekly. She writes the award-winning column The Trouble With Spikol, which began as a chronicle of her struggle with mental illness, and has since expanded into humorous musings on everything from graphic novels to how to use a mop. She also writes the paper's book review column, Lit Gloss. This blog -- named one of the Top 10 Bipolar Blogs of 2007 by PsychCentral -- is about mental illness policy, news, personal journeys and more.