Mental Health Care, Mental Health Treatment

Question: Is the mental health care system the worst kind of abuse?

(Posted by: pat m on 2010-01-21 15:54:01)

Many times people who are mentally ill have had nothing wrong them in the first place.

Posted by: Brandy G on 2010-01-21, 16:12:30

I actually am going to see a therapist myself. I need help. I really do hope that it is not abuse as I really have a big lose of confidence in doctors lately. I'm struggling myself. Been having chronic abdominal pain for 1 year, 4 months and so far doctor after doctor cannot figure out what's wrong. And nothing is currently being done to alleviate my symptoms of pain while spending lots of money trying to find out what is the cause of all my pain. I always hope "this " next test will show something because the worst thing is not knowing. And this is actually traumatic for me. I cannot concentrate. I'm depressed and feel hopeless. I don't go out with friends anymore. I cry a lot. I'm so stressed out and suffer anxiety. Basically I cannot function like a normal human being after the hell I've gone through. I will say though that if you do want to see a mental health specialist, you may want to keep it to yourself. My close co-worker is very unsympathetic and feels everyone should be happy. She treats me terrible. And she's the type of person who things everything can be solved by quack remedies and seeing the chiropractor. $40 3x a week x unknown amounts of weeks/ months = money I don't have for something I don't have faith in helping me resolve my issues.

Posted by: KoKo KiTTy on 2010-01-21, 15:55:52

The health care in general is abuse

Posted by: Julia on 2010-01-21, 16:01:30

I think that the major problem associated with the mental health system today is the stigma attached to labelling. If someone is told that a patient suffers from a mental illness, they begin to interpret all behaviour differently including that which a normal person may commit similarly. There is also the point that you have raised; there is a question of over-diagnosing and debate as to the the point at which behaviour becomes disorderly and dysfunctional. But is the mental heath system a complete failure? No. It's helped a large amount of people and has seen a large amount of improvements over the last few decades.

Posted by: thready on 2010-01-21, 17:01:23

Most of the time they do have a mental illness. where do you get off saying they dont? how many years do you have in mental health training