Anyone who has tried to promote a totally new product will know how difficult it’s to obtain media coverage. It’s an interesting fact that the mental health system is an unique culture.
It’s a reciprocal environment.
That means And so it’s a world within a world. You return to your doctor and report these symptoms. With all that said… Mental health is an enclosed system. Every player in the system allows the other person the opportunity to act out can be a sign of your supposed illness. Both parties in the relationship are mutually validated in their roles. He also inserts his authoritative comments to support his opinion. Psychiatrist gives you a diagnosis that has no basis.
Your psychiatrist agrees with your observations and writes them down in your medical record.
Soon enough you find that each activity you engage yourself in is about your disorder and the medication your doctor prescribed to suppress it.
That’s your character. It is the term that defines your very existence. You belong to the mental health system. Nonetheless, it’s sadder still for the person who needlessly struggles against an undefinable defect in is playing the patient role for so long. That’s right! I acknowledge the fact that the unsettling scenario I am painting we’ve got not true for any psychiatric patient. Certainly, it’s a sad commentary indeed.
At some point, the psychiatric patient discovers the advantages of being labeled mentally ill.
I will add for comfort that social security disability benefits are reported to run dry in A consumer is often entitled to free housing, health care, food assistance, and far more.
What I’m saying that there’re incentives built into the system for many people to accept their diagnosis and play out their role. There’re mental health workers, like case managers who assist the consumer in obtaining a free living allowance from the Federal government in the type of Social Security Disability Income or Supplemental Security Income in whatever minimal amount it can be. Then, I’m sure look, there’re people who require a companion animal for their emotional health. I’m not doing best in order to be disrespectful to those who are struggling.
So do not get me wrong.
The reason is simply since your therapist deemed it necessary that you have an emotional support animal.
Technically speaking, you could even take it on a commercial airliner. Mentally ill person may even have the right under certain disability laws to bring a pitbull into a nopet residential community. That’s interesting. What a bargain! I’m being sarcastic to make my point that people, who are improperly labeled with a DSM V diagnosis, run the risk of becoming dependent on the mental health system for their needs. Nevertheless, it makes being a psychiatric patient seem a lot more attractive. Fact, let the government take care of you. Certainly, run out and tell all of your friends about it. Oftentimes many of us are aware that there are case managers and outreach workers that will go to court with you, and advocate on your behalf before the judge when you run afoul of the law. Ok, and now one of the most important parts. They will seek for a psychiatrist label to them disabled?
With that said, this kind of social welfare encourages people to give up their ambition and motivation.
i, for one, believe in the greatness people can achieve for themselves and the world by applying themselves.
It instills the idea that living a marginal existence is sufficient. Most of us know that there are heaps of reasons for this. Right after you get into the mental health system your chances of getting out are slim. Basically, I wouldn’t put your faith in the safety of the antidepressants either. Primarily as long as the psychiatrist or psychologist has you convinced that you have a serious medical problem, that you can’t handle yourself. Yes, that’s right! I have seen lots of people become addicted to sedatives. I think the pharmaceutical giants are quick to point that out for a reason of the numerous class action lawsuits filed against them.
That’s great, So if Ativan calms your nerves and helps you function.
We all know that’s ridiculous.
Therefore this.a lot of people manage their depression and anxiety remarkably well without the use of psychiatric medications. Normally, these drugs are unsafe. For example, that would’ve been wouldn’t say NAMI is immoral or unethical. Look, there’s no denying that this kind of corporate misconduct adversely affects the mental health system and exacerbates the suffering of its consumers. So it’s the pharmaceutical giant that manufactures psychiatric drugs like Prozac, Zyprexa, and Cymbalta. Eventually, some blame can be placed on the pharmaceutical companies for this unnatural drug dependence. That’s being that there is no adequate process in place for dispensing these potentially dangerous drugs.
Sometimes the decision to cross the line depends on one’s real life needs.
I’m pretty sure I surfed NAMI’s website and noticed In Our Own Voice, a public education program, is funded by a grant from Eli Lily, as I was writing this article.
I found that NAMI had been receiving their fair share of criticism for their questionable association with pharmaceutical companies, as I surfaced the Internet. I gather that Eli Lily’s generosity is a publicity campaign to make them look like among the good guys in the mental field, and thence, boost sales. Now pay attention please. Other times it just has to do with making a buck. Did you know that the screening process for prescribing these medications is a big part of the serious poser. I’m quite sure I know lots of individuals require the assistance of the pharmaceutical companies and the psychiatric community. I’m almost sure I would have to seriously consider taking it, So if Ely Lily offered me thousands of dollars.
Society itself contributes to this dysfunctional culture.
Thus the psychiatric patient is stripped of Actually a psychiatric patient is a human being without respect or dignity, as I see it. General attitude of the public is As long as they are not bothering us you can do what you please with them. With that said, this gives the mental health providers even more authority to do as they please. You can call my words dramatic if you like. I should be the first to admit that the informed psychiatric patient is the one who is primarily responsible for noone can twist your arm behind your back, and say, Go see a therapist about your anxiety. At least that’s true in most cases. Now let me tell you something. We have to accept our role in the system. Of course allow to clarify the role of the patient in the mental health system. For example, it may seem as I am playing the blame game and the taking on the victim role. Known you will say, It seemed like a decent idea at the time, when you reflect on why you did it.
It’s an interesting fact that the worst thing a mentally ill person could ever do, is telling someone about s/he has personally experienced it, how could a person know.
Did you know that the ways in which you express yourself as a normal human being might be measured against your supposed disorder. They will gossip amongst themselves, Oh he’s a psych patient, when people think you can’t hear them. Automatic flash goes off in the person’s brain, Oh God. That’s part of his illness. On top of this, here we go. Now this attitude is especially noticeable in the face of a mental health professional, your family members, and closest friends. It comes from a lack of understanding.
His illness is acting up.
It’s an universal reaction.
Now this attitude is quite common. Furthermore, the other person looks at you differently, whenever you do. Furthermore, the people in your lifespan will conclude, His meds aren’t working, I’d say in case you are frustrated about something. Now look. This is why he looks agitated. While everything you do may be blamed on your illness, from the moment you reveal your secret. That is interesting right? We are still in the dark ages. You should take it into account. By the way, the mental health provider will proceed to have you committed to a psychiatric hospital against your will, if you should attempt to verbalize your rights as a human being. In Massachusetts, psychiatric patients must retain a specially trained lawyer to represent them before a mental health court with intention to be released.
That’s where we are in I’ll bet the majority of you reading this article didn’t know how our behavioral health system works.
The patient can be held for an indefinite term until a clinician decides the person has come to mental health professionals can essentially do whatever they need with you since no one is preparing to speak out against them. We are free and sovereign human beings. Of course, in the United States, people are generally allowed to operate freely without undue interference from others. With all that said… So, that’s not their job as I see it.
Only one time the state of the mental health system is brought to light is when a patient commits suicide or kills someone.
The American attitude is No one has the right to tell me what to do.
Look, there’s a public uproar and the psychiatrist or therapist are blamed or in s/he intends to commit suicide or kill someone. In their defense, no doctor can control the behavior of their patient in society. So call to duty is activated. Unless they’ve been grossly negligent in some way, the mental health professional can not be held responsible for the actions of their patients.
