tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-380213133018137281.post2755618362170453582..comments2024-03-27T17:57:42.627+00:00Comments on The Masked AMHP: What’s the Point of Mental Hospitals? Suicide and Suicide PreventionThe Masked AMHPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01348865658320780867noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-380213133018137281.post-53098642331434961502013-12-09T21:34:01.391+00:002013-12-09T21:34:01.391+00:00Well 3 years ago my 15 yr. old son, who has seizur...Well 3 years ago my 15 yr. old son, who has seizures, and brain damage from the seizures tried to kill himself. I don't know about any of you , but I wasted no time getting him help. He had a break down at school. Because another student threatened to shoot him... and they say my son is sick.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-380213133018137281.post-43272270091168880522013-09-07T13:40:28.807+01:002013-09-07T13:40:28.807+01:00I too believe that at the end of the day and where...I too believe that at the end of the day and where all avenues have been tried an individual has a right to die when their lives becomes intolerable and unbearable.<br /><br /> In the Netherlands, Belgium and Switzerland this right is enshrined in assisted death stautes for people with severe mental health issues. Although it rarely occurs in Netherlands and Belgium at present.It also requires Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-380213133018137281.post-9586877076173842682013-09-07T13:38:15.510+01:002013-09-07T13:38:15.510+01:00I too believe that at the end of the day and where...I too believe that at the end of the day and where all avenues have been tried an individual has a right to die when their lives becomes intolerable and unbearable.<br /><br /> In the Netherlands, Belgium and Switzerland this right is enshrined in assisted death stautes for people with severe mental health issues. Although it rarely occurs in Netherlands and Belgium at present.It also requires Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-380213133018137281.post-24600136073299438522013-07-22T02:06:32.114+01:002013-07-22T02:06:32.114+01:00"Mental illness"/"Mental disorder&q..."Mental illness"/"Mental disorder" etc, is nothing but your bigoted basis of discrimination against individual's mentality just as how racism targets and discriminates by color, religion/culture, ethnicity, etc.<br /><br />Your disgusting and pathetic idea that you have the right to detain people against their will based on their mind even if they have not committed any Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-380213133018137281.post-82606542442381897132013-07-22T02:00:46.762+01:002013-07-22T02:00:46.762+01:00People have a right to die, "Psychiatry"...People have a right to die, "Psychiatry" is a disgusting atrocity right along with "Psychiatric/mental hospitals/wards/institutions/etc" and all are just as disgusting as Auchwitz.<br />U mad? too bad, trolololAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-380213133018137281.post-70306473932451599402012-06-20T13:40:02.796+01:002012-06-20T13:40:02.796+01:00I am exceedingly grateful for the products of &quo...I am exceedingly grateful for the products of "Big Pharma" because they allow me to lead a normal life.<br /><br />Never forget that mental health services save lives. The need to section people is sometimes a part of that. The illnesses that make people want to kill themselves often respond to treatment, and the clinical outcome is better if the professionals are fully engaged with Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-380213133018137281.post-21517969516950307242012-06-18T10:04:29.331+01:002012-06-18T10:04:29.331+01:00From the perspective of someone who has been consi...From the perspective of someone who has been considered a "suicide risk" on many occasions, from my experience hospitalization IS the total last resort and more often than not a CMHT will endeavour to keep you at home with the help of crisis intervention and home treatment teams. Also, I think not enough has been said about the lesser extremes of hospital admissions..it's not all Ruby Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14393738309466294461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-380213133018137281.post-15328335058858879082012-06-14T18:33:18.283+01:002012-06-14T18:33:18.283+01:00Actually, there is a product called EMPowerplus by...Actually, there is a product called EMPowerplus by TrueHope that seems fairly effective for the so-called mental illness but the Canadian government tried to ban it, probably to protect the interests of pharmaceutical companies selling psychotropic drugs. That being said, vitamins and supplements can still be obtained, it's just that they won't necessarily be in the perfect proportions Monicanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-380213133018137281.post-85337463789719709732012-06-14T18:25:10.159+01:002012-06-14T18:25:10.159+01:00Think of the money that could be saved if no-one g...Think of the money that could be saved if no-one got any medication and then killed themselves!<br /><br />I hope David Cameron doesn't hear about this.<br /><br />The purpose of hospital is not just to pin people to the floor and inject them against their will - surely this is a minority of cases.<br />Do scientologists have any helpful suggestions other scaremongering?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-380213133018137281.post-42548670311483795982012-06-12T16:23:00.735+01:002012-06-12T16:23:00.735+01:00If preventing suicide against the individual's...If preventing suicide against the individual's will would no longer be required or permitted, that would remove a threat to liberty. I don't just mean that people would be free to commit suicide. Many people are the victims of "concern" (or of the fear of legal liability) due to the mere possibility that they may kill themselves. That misguided concern may lead to their "Monicanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-380213133018137281.post-14272806167034967802012-06-12T15:33:20.050+01:002012-06-12T15:33:20.050+01:00Wow, that's rather harsh saying that taxpayer&...Wow, that's rather harsh saying that taxpayer's money should not be spent trying to prevent people from completing suicide. And there are plenty of people with high intelligence who have attempted suicide. Doesn't mean they're 'not smart enough to stay alive', means that their mental health issues or life circumstances or emotional pain were too much to cope with at the WillFindHopehttp://willfindhope.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-380213133018137281.post-65037381733151756082012-06-12T06:27:32.033+01:002012-06-12T06:27:32.033+01:00Thanks for the post. I didn't know about the I...Thanks for the post. I didn't know about the Italian experiment. I find it interesting but not quite going far enough, since it did not even completely eliminate hospitalization, let alone medication in general or forced sedation and physical restraint. By the way, if a professional is simply not doing anything, is that still aiding and abetting suicide? If so, is that the case even if the Monicanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-380213133018137281.post-73924275809003381342012-06-11T23:32:01.588+01:002012-06-11T23:32:01.588+01:00Thought provoking post. When I am unwell I am ver...Thought provoking post. When I am unwell I am very suicidal, and have been hospitalized for this, as well as following several attempts. <br /><br />At the time I am ambivalent about being in the hospital, mostly wishing I could get out of hospital and get on with the business of taking my life.<br /><br /> But I don't always feel this way... I'm bipolar... so my mood and outlook do catherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16780313741320002109noreply@blogger.com