Comments: Another Day, Another Post Article
Violence ON meds stats please. Possible connection of med induced violence stats. It says the Mother may still be alive if what? the person who killed her was on meds? hey Ive been in a place in my life where a highly medicated person was the most violent.
Medication is not a prevention, or guarantee of anything. Forcing someone to take it could be worse. Get a doc loading someone up on a med they react to, and watch that scenerio unfold. Been there, done that.
You know, the list of people killed, just reading that list alone has positively freaked out my daughter's psychiatrist, I am sure of it. He was afraid of her, and didnt hide it either. What was she doing that day in his office? eating candy and trying to tell him her story, and couldnt from her severe psychosis, 'word salad' what they called it.The doc went on to tell me how a caseworker had been killed (need to look into that). My point is, anyone remotely afraid of mentally ill people are gonna read those lists of "beheadings and baseball bat killings" and lump us all in the box again. I don't think many people will read beyond that part. They will stop, shake their heads and think, yeah get em locked up. Only people interested in mental health issues, and who really want change for the better will read further. Im pretty optimistic that the generalized and negative view of mentally ill in this country, is gonna last for quite some time. It really is time for that 30% (my data based on memory, so it could be wrong disclaimer)of successfully working, and functioning group to walk out of the wings, and onto the stage.
I dont want to read about murder, sad parents or families. I want to read about (ahem)the guy that is a successful, award-winning writer, employed, and from what I read here, doing pretty damn good. Find the others, get them in the papers. Those are the stories that can change perception of mental illness, until those start being in papers, people only have one thing to read, what's in print.
Posted by Stephany at May 30, 2006 04:11 AM
Wow, great coverage here, and inspiring comment too. I found the blog via Technorati, having just started my own critical psychiatry blog, "Writhe Safely" last Friday, and looking for like-minded writers. So far I've found an overabundance of un-serious confessional blogs, and was getting discouraged til reading this page. So thanks, I'll be back, and hope you keep at it.
"It really is time for that 30%...of successfully working, and functioning group to walk out of the wings, and onto the stage."
By god it is time for this.
Posted by flawedplan at May 30, 2006 09:14 PM