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Madness!

Dr. Jekyll (and Mr. Hide) | 27.06.2002 11:03

Hundreds of people with mental illness could find themselves locked up under the biggest shake-up of mental health services for decades.

Doctors in England and Wales will be given new powers to force people with severe mental illness to receive treatment without their consent under plans unveiled by the government in a draft Mental Health Bill published on Tuesday.

The Bill applies to people with conditions ranging from anorexia to manic depression and dangerous and severe personality disorders, even if they present no danger to themselves or the community.

Under the new plans, people with severe personality disorders could be detained in secure mental hospitals for treatment even if they have not committed a crime. Anyone who does not conform to the governments definition of “sane” may find themselves detained indefinitely, against their will.

The Bill sets out a definition of a single mental disorder which applies to everyone. CBS news stated, if you have felt “down” in the past few weeks, you are probably depressed and need treatment. That’s depressing!

The forced drugging of persons deemed mentally ill will heap lucrative profits on the pharmaceutical industry. Newborn babies may be screened for ‘schizophrenia’ and drugged from birth

The government has drafted these plans because of fears the public had lost confidence in community-based mental health care, (swat teams) which was intended to fail, in order for these Draconian measures to seem necessary.

Remember the fate of mental patients and invalids in Nazi Germany?

Dr. Jekyll (and Mr. Hide)

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free mind

27.06.2002 14:16

this is just another brutal way of represion, the freedom of mind is no crime , there is more than one world in this planet and several of us are living in them since we were born, so what, are them NL going to lock up all the artists with weird ideas? are they going to lock up untuned musicians? or all the bad poets? who are the crazy pepole here?

caro
- Homepage: http://www.day-today.org


Here come the thought police

27.06.2002 17:09

'Suprisingly', the Daily Mail ran a front page article today about "a deeply disturbed teenager who went to a psychiatric unit on monday, pleading for help. Doraj Mijah complained of voices in his head- but he was turned away.... Police believe he later ambushed 46-year old old hazel prager on a footpath before stripping off her clothes and slashing her throat with a knife."

Sounds like a rather convenient bit of 'news', given that the government recently announced plans to pre-emptively lock up the exact kind of person metioned in the article.

The Mail went onto praise the government for its efforts "to close loopholes which have left dangerous patients free to rape and kill." - Presumably these 'loopholes' which must be closed at all costs are those which only allow people to be imprisoned IF they have committed a crime. Oh no! we couldn`t have that now could we. All those terrible terrible individuals who harass Daily Mail readers with their constant and unforgivable free-thought and individuality! Lock them up, lock them all up now!

Arthur H Madman


Who polices the mind police?

28.06.2002 10:57

"The following information comes from a documented personnel experience. I will give these documents to a person, ore persons, who can challenge the new mental health act. The public has a right to be protected from danger but individual rights must also be protected."



Responding to treatment
A client's inability to respond to treatment is a significant factor in diagnosing this disorder, however the treatment itself is never called into question and is assumed by psychiatry to be correct. It's therapeutic value is not questioned by an independent party. Abusive people are attracted to organisations that deal with vulnerable people and the mental health service does not have proper safety checks to weed out abusers within the system.
The therapist is allowed to shout, be dismissive, ignore a client's wishes, dress in a sexually provocative manner and is also allowed to display violent and sexually provocative gestures.

This behaviour is permitted, even if the client has gone for psychiatric help after reporting crimes committed against them (the client), to the police.

How is it diagnosed?
The clients asked questions and the answers are written down. The questions are mostly about a persons lifestyle. If the client has been abused during childhood this will be noted but no treated.

Key factors that are taken into account are a client's employment record, relationships, the people they associate with, nomadic tendencies, displaying hostility towards authority and "antisocial" behaviour. Present behaviour is not an important factor, for example juvenile delinquency even more than fifteen or twenty years ago will be taken into account. A person can be diagnosed with this disorder, even if they have never committed a violent or sexual crime, or any crime at all

Parasitic
0ne of the definitions of this disorder is that the client leads a parasitic lifestyle, however it could be argued that severely traumatised people can not be expected to live an independent life, without proper treatment and support. For example, would we say a person without legs was lazy because he couldn't run?
Of course it could also be argued; that people who receive public money to help vulnerable people, are parasitic if they don't do the job people expect of them and then blame the client.

Challenging the decision
In effect the client has no right of appeal or complaint, complaints are placed in the clients medical file and remain unanswered. There is effectively no independent power that can challenge this. The client will be told that they have an untreatable personality disorder, though they will not be told which personality disorder they are supposed to have. They can not get this point clarified.

Treatment
Many psychiatrist will simply reject the client but some will see them on a monthly basis. However emotional trauma or post traumatic stress will not be considered, diagnosed nor treated.

If the client attempts suicide, becomes delusional with severe depression or has a breakdown they will be refused entry into a psychiatric hospital.

If the client behaves in a disturbed manner they may be arrested and charged with a petty crime, instead of receiving psychiatric help they could end up in prison sharing a cell with somebody who is doing a life sentence for murder.



The DSPD order bill
A person can be detained under the proposed Bill on the word of two psychiatrists and a social worker, who claim they have a dangerous severe personality disorder. They will be placed in a special hospital and will be allowed to leave when they have been "treated".
A person would not have the same legal rights as somebody charged with a crime and it seems that nobody can challenge the decision. A person can be detained even if they have never committed a crime.

Disinformation?
For some strange reason antisocial, psychopathic, severe personality disorder and sociopath all mean the same thing.
If this confuses you, then try to imagine how a mentally disturbed person feels.

CONTACT CAN BE MADE THROUGH THE FOLLOWING WEB ADDRESS

www.asperdis.org






ferganoid
- Homepage: http://asperdis.org/DIAGNOSIS.html


Out the Box

29.06.2002 11:05

The men in white coats will forceably abduct you from your home, take you to a secure institution, stick a huge hypodermic needle in your arse, and bosh... you're a zombie!

Loony Toon


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