To the person complaining about psych wards... That's what they are. Once you've signed in your personal choices and freedoms are gone. There are a few long term psychiatric hospitals around; no one talks much about them. I reckon they are somewhat similar to asylum life
@740am I think you do have the right to walk away or a family member can pull you out, but they can't retain you there. That's a dangerous issue. Imagine if a doctor took a hating on you and never let you out just 'cause you weren't to his liking? And believe it's easy to leave someone in there...
Now the asylums are gone,there is nowhere for people who wish to have "Asylum" to go,that is "Asylum" in the true sense of the word,not the mass influx of other countries freeloaders looking for a free house,money,healthcare and what ever else they can grab that they have never,and never will pay a penny towards.The system now has to work with a deficit,more people wanting expensive treatment with less people paying in.At the rate it's going we'll end up like the US having to pay individually.
I spent six days in a psych ward in spring of 2010 and its pretty much the same. You just sit around all day and watch tv but not before they strip search you, took my cell phone and my belongings, and told me I could only be discharged when THEY said so and I was the one who committed myself in the first place due to a medication reaction. These hospitals are a joke!
psychotherapy works the best and conveniently the medicare in Cda no longer covers it. Soa psychiatrist can work for drug companies now instead. Ya isn't capitalism great!
True, if family is available. Is it too much for us, as humans, to care for someone who acts impulsivley or seems erractic? We do this for our young babies and children. Can we not do this for adults as well? Or is it an "incovenience" to look after the welfare of an adult who is suffering from a mental disturbance. Let's be part of the care.
Joan is a really remarkable woman. The fact that she can find little humors in the most unbelievable stigma is heartening. Such a strong and friendly person who refused to be broken down
Mental Health is not a system, it is a case each individual person has to be assessed on. What works for one does not work for another, residential care seems fine, institutionalised lives is not so good. I am treated with series of drugs and counselling but my cousin did not survive outside. He hung himself because he didn't trust his life in the hands of the people around him. They failed him when they didn't give him a choice to stay somewhere when he needed it.
I was in and out of a mental hospital here in the USA, never seen this level of abuse, but they were a bit trigger happy with sedatives. I remember crying because of a family member's death while i was in there, and recieved a painful shot in my upper thigh and everything spinning before i fell out... for three days...
OK, but some of those people still need lifetime "residential care." You don't solve the problem by just shutting down the big hospitals; you still have to fund group homes of some sort.
Extremely interesting.... I've heard from a friend who had been to a mental hospital that the workers would hit and abuse the little children. (Mind you, this is in the USA)
"By 1990 100,000 patients had been discharged into the community"- and then what...the situation for the mentally was not good in the asylums, nor is it any good in the community at large. Mental illness is a living hell, and that's the fact.
To walk and explore in a place like this is one of my goals in life!!! :) fascinated with it!
isabellaannerose123 3 days ago
It's a revolution against shitty institutional care <----------- FTFY.
akissy 1 month ago
03:12 now i know where the chuckle brothers came from, to me to you to me to you.
TheGodParticle 2 months ago
To the person complaining about psych wards... That's what they are. Once you've signed in your personal choices and freedoms are gone. There are a few long term psychiatric hospitals around; no one talks much about them. I reckon they are somewhat similar to asylum life
740am 2 months ago
@740am I think you do have the right to walk away or a family member can pull you out, but they can't retain you there. That's a dangerous issue. Imagine if a doctor took a hating on you and never let you out just 'cause you weren't to his liking? And believe it's easy to leave someone in there...
akissy 1 month ago
Now the asylums are gone,there is nowhere for people who wish to have "Asylum" to go,that is "Asylum" in the true sense of the word,not the mass influx of other countries freeloaders looking for a free house,money,healthcare and what ever else they can grab that they have never,and never will pay a penny towards.The system now has to work with a deficit,more people wanting expensive treatment with less people paying in.At the rate it's going we'll end up like the US having to pay individually.
silver760 3 months ago
luxury flats.. fuck that if i knew what went on in there id never buy a place there!
nath042 4 months ago 2
I spent six days in a psych ward in spring of 2010 and its pretty much the same. You just sit around all day and watch tv but not before they strip search you, took my cell phone and my belongings, and told me I could only be discharged when THEY said so and I was the one who committed myself in the first place due to a medication reaction. These hospitals are a joke!
cbohar84 4 months ago 2
@Kesher293 Not too long ago...even sad housewives were put into these asylums. Widows as well. Quite sad times...
Nibbit 4 months ago
why is it all one way or another. If asylums were closed it was to help govt save money not for humanitarian reasons.
rosiethebear300 5 months ago 6
psychotherapy works the best and conveniently the medicare in Cda no longer covers it. Soa psychiatrist can work for drug companies now instead. Ya isn't capitalism great!
rosiethebear300 5 months ago
@oziii1 Well said!
rosiethebear300 5 months ago
True, if family is available. Is it too much for us, as humans, to care for someone who acts impulsivley or seems erractic? We do this for our young babies and children. Can we not do this for adults as well? Or is it an "incovenience" to look after the welfare of an adult who is suffering from a mental disturbance. Let's be part of the care.
nirdbird 5 months ago
Joan is a really remarkable woman. The fact that she can find little humors in the most unbelievable stigma is heartening. Such a strong and friendly person who refused to be broken down
hydser 6 months ago 10
Mental Health is not a system, it is a case each individual person has to be assessed on. What works for one does not work for another, residential care seems fine, institutionalised lives is not so good. I am treated with series of drugs and counselling but my cousin did not survive outside. He hung himself because he didn't trust his life in the hands of the people around him. They failed him when they didn't give him a choice to stay somewhere when he needed it.
RenosEMR 6 months ago
These videos are quite informative :) I'm glad you uploaded these.
Katzykeens 6 months ago
I was in and out of a mental hospital here in the USA, never seen this level of abuse, but they were a bit trigger happy with sedatives. I remember crying because of a family member's death while i was in there, and recieved a painful shot in my upper thigh and everything spinning before i fell out... for three days...
dragonrage122 6 months ago
OK, but some of those people still need lifetime "residential care." You don't solve the problem by just shutting down the big hospitals; you still have to fund group homes of some sort.
alexeykh 6 months ago
you should check out Danvers asylum
49staatsy 7 months ago
Extremely interesting.... I've heard from a friend who had been to a mental hospital that the workers would hit and abuse the little children. (Mind you, this is in the USA)
Zekkary 8 months ago
"By 1990 100,000 patients had been discharged into the community"- and then what...the situation for the mentally was not good in the asylums, nor is it any good in the community at large. Mental illness is a living hell, and that's the fact.
SisterRags 1 year ago 14
disgusting.
declanc134 1 year ago
thanks for upload :)
acidmaniac 1 year ago
4:26 - Hellingly! I shall miss this place.
RustikRaven 1 year ago
@RustikRaven Yes, what a shame. It used to be my 'local', proper atmosphere in there!
theSCAWP 1 year ago
@RustikRaven i was in there on saturday taking pictures. still an aamazing place, you can get to places you couldnt before now!
austinlgw 1 year ago
really interesting and useful for my exam tomorrow! thanks for uploading this
tombraiders 1 year ago 3