tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17754833.post4061816665401697339..comments2023-04-24T09:38:11.881-05:00Comments on Why am I still here?: Sanity vs Insanity, Part IITiny Shrinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14584375132138526435noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17754833.post-84066926762586952142008-07-13T21:11:00.000-05:002008-07-13T21:11:00.000-05:00Thank you, for the thanks.re:fresh airyes the air ...Thank you, for the thanks.<BR/>re:fresh air<BR/>yes the air is bad inside, but to me (a person who has experienced the psych ward)this is a small problem.<BR/> <BR/>You as a free person can come and go into the building (to notice the bad air), imagine having to stay inside for a week or month(s). Stay in your house or appartment for more than a week?<BR/>By changing the descriptive english language terms , the people in charge change reality.<BR/>You call it a hospital when in fact it is a prison. The patients can not get out.<BR/>definition Prison 3.any place of confinement or involuntary restraint.<BR/>It is recognized in children (and regular criminal prison) the psychological need to be outside of a building on a dayly basis.<BR/><BR/>On the psych ward, if symptoms of agitation and "stir crazy" are observed, they are percieved as part of the patients mental illness. Called the medical term of "Akathisia" instead of feelings of being in jail. Yes psychiatric medicines have powerful effects on the brain and mind that may induce Akathisia, but the concrete 24/7/ also has a large contributing factor. <BR/>I have lots of criticism's, but will stop with my belief that 24hour/7days week imprisonment is far worse than constant foul air.Mark p.s.2https://www.blogger.com/profile/10529811159862096782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17754833.post-15905466859823492552008-07-11T20:01:00.000-05:002008-07-11T20:01:00.000-05:00Rosenhan is about many things, and my instructor (...Rosenhan is about many things, and my instructor (whom I'm paraphrasing in much of the post) used this study to illustrate a point about reliable categories of diagnosis. I'm well aware that there are no brain chemicals to test for psychiatric diseases, but I doubt that we do much more "guessing" in psychiatry than goes on in internal medicine. I do think psychiatry has a long way to go, and we need better diagnostic ability and treatment, but so does all of medicine.<BR/><BR/>I didn't mean to imply that "fresh air" was the thing that makes it all better, but it's no joke about how bad the air smells in most psych wards. It was just a small comment at the end, not the entire point of the post.<BR/><BR/>I agree that diagnosis of psychiatric illness definitely colors all the interactions that come afterward. So does a diagnosis of substance abuse, or chronic pain, or fibromyalgia, or malingering--we all make assumptions about such patients, and everything else we "fit" into the category. "That guy's just seeking" or faking or whatever--it's similar to what we do to psych patients. "That guy's just crazy". I tried to comment on this rather extensively in point 3 in the post, as I think it is very important to acknowledge the mistreatment that went on under the guise of "they're just crazy".<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the comments!Tiny Shrinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14584375132138526435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17754833.post-53211160036311412842008-07-11T17:58:00.000-05:002008-07-11T17:58:00.000-05:00Rosenhan is not about "reliable categories of diag...Rosenhan is not about "reliable categories of diagnostic criteria", it is about the treatment after the diagnosis, the diagnosis is self fulfilling as once mental illness is named, all behaviour will be seen as that diagnosis. <BR/><BR/>"begs the question why were they in a psych hospital."<BR/>The fact was the psychiatrists were not given fake patients, yet found fake ones is what is important.<BR/><BR/>Another thing is there isn't a brain chemical imbalance to lab test, the medicine and dose one prescribes is a guess.<BR/><BR/>Fresh air is a joke to me, being locked up for how long? until you obey your masters properly is how long.Mark p.s.2https://www.blogger.com/profile/10529811159862096782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17754833.post-36606754140379501442008-07-09T02:06:00.000-05:002008-07-09T02:06:00.000-05:00Excellent discussion.Excellent discussion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com