Potentially yes, they will ask you about it and probably give you a mental health screening but unless you are an active danger to yourself like planning suicide, they will probably just treat you and offer mental health referrals. This changes a bit if you’re a minor, are you under 18?

Also, the risks of an infection worsening are much worse than being in a psych ward for a week, like losing your limbs or dying painfully from sepsis. Get those treated ASAP

If they don’t stop bleeding, become infected, or you’ve lost a substantial amount of skin

I fell off a bike in highschool and skinned my elbow. I thought i cleaned it out good but after a few days it was only getting worse, went to the doctors and i had cellulitis. So just because its skinned and doesnt seem worth it to go, it could be something! Imo theres never a stupid reason to go to the doctors or urgent care!

Sooner rather than later is generally the way to go. Grit and dirt and gravel can be embedded and you want to get that cleaned out and cleared out

Are we talking fell off a motorcycle at 60mph wearing your daisy dukes' level of bad, or tripped on the sidewalk?

No, keep it clean and a bandaid.

Minor flesh wound,wash and bandage

It doesn’t look like it’s too terrible to be visiting one, as long as you keep disinfecting it and keep it away from moisture. Or if you really are concerned you can visit one and decide if it’s worth it.

No, your plaster got wet. Nothing to worry about

If it’s deep then go to hospital but if it’s only skin peeling off let it heal

I'd say anything that exceeds your first aid ability. Unless you have confident experience treating wounds, anything that doesn't stop bleeding or is more than like ------- this wide, bc it will take a long time to heal leaving it at risk of infection much longer.

Urgent care , maybe a doctor's office...if they laugh ,tell them your left nut has more social skills then them

Yeah, I’d say if it’s still bleeding uncontrollably tomorrow get it looked at. Just keep it elevated with a pillow and hold pressure.

If you're an adult, and have capacity (which you probably do if you're asking the question), they can't refer you to any mental health teams. They can put the pressure on quite a lot sometimes, but they can't force you.

I had the same thing where I had a wound that was large and ended up having complications because it should have got stitches, had an urgent GP appointment, and had a practice nurse steri strip/fix dressings/etc. and she ended up seeing me regularly to manage the wounds (and obviously more were coming up...), which was good especially as I had a nasty infection scare too.

I will say she was amazing, I think I was lucky but she was kinder than any mental health professional I've encountered and really wanted to help, although she maybe didn't always know how. Gave her a Christmas card. It's definitely something that can happen although like with everything NHS there is an element of postcode lottery.

Remember a SH wound (in terms of medical attention) is just a wound

I know you’ve resolved your situation OP and i hope you’re getting good support and that the wound heals up okay for you, but also omg i have such bad experiences going to my GP for help with wound care. they just make it worse every time! like i only ever even go as a last resort, when i’m not getting treatment anywhere else and need help with wounds, but they put terrible dressings on that only make whatever wounds worse, they don’t treat me like a person present in the room, and they just try to ambush me with overreactions that i didn’t ever need at the times. treatment at various other places in my experience is almost always great though, aside from the odd thing. there’s a few specialist hospitals i am/was a frequent patient at and even my local hospitals are never as bad as my GP is. but my GP is great for anything not-DSH or not-MH related, so i’m not completely shitting on them lol just read this post and went on a ramble sorry! best of luck OP :)

I’m not sure if it’s been mentioned, but be wary of who you share that you’re sh’’ing with as when I did dbt it was a condition of the course that I didn’t sh. I hope you managed to get seen and are okay x

I've done it when I've been there for something else and they seemed alright they don't do anything unless it's line infected and even then they just clean and give u antibiotics

If you have a Minor Injuries Unit near you, I've always found them to be quite good with stitches and subsequent wound care if needed. They usually offer Crisis involvement but are also happy to just send a note through to CMHT to document that I attended.

General rule of thumb is:

• Heavier bleeding that doesn't slow after 15 minutes of constant hard pressure
• Exposing the subcutaneous tissue (fat, looks like pale yellow/orange/yellow bubbles)
• Gaping more than 0.5 cm (you can get away with taping wounds around that width if they don't fit the other points)
• You don't know how to take care of it or don't have the materials needed to care for it yourself

The biggest one is if it doesn’t stop bleeding or if it is squirting out in pulses. My gf told me that if it’s gaping then you need stitches but I think you can get away with steri strips if it isn’t too big.

Do you feel comfortable sharing the size/location of the cut? It’s totally okay if not because there are some creeps here. Also don’t send a picture of it to really anyone here

if you tell them you’ll agree to therapy or they weren’t from the past 90 days you should be fine. or, i think you can get away with just promising to them you won’t do it again. from my experience, they just say “what’s this” and if ur good at talking them in circles or convincing them you’re better you’re fine. to be safe though hide ur wrists when possibke

They also cannot tell anyone unless you agree I recommend getting educated on doctor confidentiality laws and make sure that no laws are broken or nobody threatens to break laws.

Generally I’ve found your doctor (if they’ve never seen them/don’t have that info in your chart history) will get a look of concern and try to broach the subject hoping you will address it so they can get you a referral to their network of mental health specialists

Generally, there isn’t a lot a GP can really do in this situation as it’s kind of out of their scope, you have full autonomy on the healthcare you’d like to engage with and they can only “open the door” if that makes sense