tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-380213133018137281.post1279705482191175736..comments2024-03-27T17:57:42.627+00:00Comments on The Masked AMHP: A Young Person’s Guide to the Mental Health ActThe Masked AMHPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01348865658320780867noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-380213133018137281.post-90923107058595597112012-03-10T19:23:02.569+00:002012-03-10T19:23:02.569+00:00Of course we are John! The Masked Approved Mental ...Of course we are John! The Masked Approved Mental Health Professional should know that! I'll fix it right away.The Masked AMHPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01348865658320780867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-380213133018137281.post-40770919044734238542012-03-10T19:14:52.399+00:002012-03-10T19:14:52.399+00:00Good post as usual just one little mistake AMHPs a...Good post as usual just one little mistake AMHPs are Approved Mental Health Professionals not practitioners feel a bit mean for pointing it out but it bugs me when i hear AMHPs say itjohnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05300838246902704344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-380213133018137281.post-4273764916849670172012-03-07T19:41:41.864+00:002012-03-07T19:41:41.864+00:00Can you answer my questions about the boiler, thou...Can you answer my questions about the boiler, though? Did the woman pay for the damages, or get charged with any crimes, or lose her housing? I really hope she did. You see, only because I tend to question psychiatric and police interventions, that does not mean that I don't believe in individual responsibility. On the contrary! I'm pretty much for leaving people alone but then whoever Monicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08103879727877816655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-380213133018137281.post-25323539737829749992012-03-07T18:09:15.738+00:002012-03-07T18:09:15.738+00:00Thanks for reading, Ruby Rose, and Monica. The cas...Thanks for reading, Ruby Rose, and Monica. The cases I write about are all "truthful", ie based on real cases. However,certain identifying factors have been omitted or altered in order to preserve anonymity. I also attempt to keep my location and identity unknown in order to avoid any risk of identification of cases.The Masked AMHPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01348865658320780867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-380213133018137281.post-15759321881957724912012-03-07T13:43:19.387+00:002012-03-07T13:43:19.387+00:00He does not breach confidentiality because he does...He does not breach confidentiality because he does not identify patients by their real names or provide so much identifying information that one could reasonably identify them. For all we know, the patients could be fictitious or dead, or the description of one patient could be based on several cases.Monicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08103879727877816655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-380213133018137281.post-27696721368233563702012-03-07T09:51:44.915+00:002012-03-07T09:51:44.915+00:00This blog is fantastic :) I hope it gives other pa...This blog is fantastic :) I hope it gives other patients like me an insight into the world beyond their own and the countless individuals trying to make the best of a terrible situation. But I do have a question, you write quite explicitly about patients and their cases, doesn't this require consent or breach patient confidentiality?Ruby Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14393738309466294461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-380213133018137281.post-10793921221724352782012-03-03T14:58:10.750+00:002012-03-03T14:58:10.750+00:00If that's how it works in your country and men...If that's how it works in your country and mental health professionals are indeed following the rules, that makes sense. The problem is that in the history of psychiatry, there have been many cases of abuse of power or rushing to conclusions about people's supposed diagnosis. Moreover, by your own admission, little to nothing can be done to challenge your decisions in court, even by a Monicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08103879727877816655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-380213133018137281.post-36599913370245156772012-03-03T10:56:10.137+00:002012-03-03T10:56:10.137+00:00Just being deluded should not in itself constitute...Just being deluded should not in itself constitute grounds for detention under the MHA. There has to be substantial additional risk to the person or others as a consequence of that belief -- for example, one person I detained thought her central healting boiler was talking to her. That it itself did not justify detention, but she then trashed the boiler, causing a gas leak in the process, which The Masked AMHPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01348865658320780867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-380213133018137281.post-10966057411283391702012-03-03T05:40:31.244+00:002012-03-03T05:40:31.244+00:00By the way, if I'm a little touchy about the s...By the way, if I'm a little touchy about the subject, it's because, as I have mentioned before, there is some Eastern European politician who's a distant relative of mine through marriage into my grandmother's family. I don't live there. I'm in Canada. I would certainly not appear unannounced at some public event or at his house claiming to be related to him. Still, I can Monicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08103879727877816655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-380213133018137281.post-45108018747753669662012-03-03T05:25:11.601+00:002012-03-03T05:25:11.601+00:00I realize that if someone said that s/he is, for e...I realize that if someone said that s/he is, for example, a sibling of the Queen, you would be able to know that this is not the case (although, to play devils' advocate, even then you can't know for sure that this is not a secret case of illegitimate birth that was covered up). But how can you tell true delusion from being indeed "related" to the Queen through some common Monicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08103879727877816655noreply@blogger.com