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Mental Health Hospital
I was admitted to a mental health hospital finally after many years of asking for help. I believe my mental disorder was brought on by feeling the pressure to always be who my mom/family were telling me to be. I told my mom I wanted to not be here anymore and started to become violent because I felt like I was always being pushed to clean/pay bills/work and go to school. I was in a mental battle with myself and my mom all the time. Every day there was a new issue that we just didn’t agree with each other on. I was finally ready for the final push to get my the mental help and support I needed once I myself had no where to go. It actually was becoming violent with my mom’s boyfriend to the point where he started to choke me after an argument where they had locked me outside and took my key.
Incarceration is the Only Mental Health “System” Here.
A response to well intentioned Mental Health Reform Act of 2015
Aloha. Here in “paradise” our mental health treatment problem is lack of access to any inpatient mental health/dual diagnosis treatment. There are at least two major problems, specifically, severe shortage of inpatient treatment services, lack of funding for those services that exist (basically revolving door) and the courts’ interpretation of laws that defer to pts civil rights not to be treated. This also serves the Judiciary which would have to finance treatment if the Courts did mandate it.
Our rural location (a neighbor island) has a public hospital that has closed 7 of its behavioral health beds this year due to funding and staff shortages. The remaining beds are only “acute” beds that are open are for the right “type” of mental health acute admission, specifically, those would be available for a normally medication compliant person who knows they need to be stabilized and who won’t cause undue disruption, specifically NOT someone disruptive and actively in need of detox.
Admission even to acute beds is voluntary. State law only permits a 24 hour or 48 hour hold at the most. After that folks can write a letter requesting discharge and return into harm’s way.
Mental Health: Don’t beware…BE AWARE AND CARE!!!
Hello. We all can live a great, purposeful life managing Bipolar Condition or any mental health situations.
The social stigma of mental illness used to bother me to no end…and contribute to my problems! I’m over that now, but I prefer to call it Bipolar Condition vs. “Disorder”. I also prefer to discuss Mental Health vs. “Illness”.
My story in general:
My Mental Health Story
Hi,
I would like to share my mental health history to enable others to seek help and not give up hope. My start of mental health issues started when I was about 17 years old. I had OCD like symptoms and was given medication. I also had anxiety which was treated the same way. Some years later I was told I had attention deficit disorder . By now I was frustrated with all the diagnoses and was frustrated. Some years later while switching meds I spent 16 weeks in 2 mental hospitals.
I became a Christian soon after all this and prayed for relief of symptoms. I haven’t felt better but I try to help others who are struggling with similar conditions. I am recently divorced and have 2 great sons ages 13 and 17.
I am available to help those who need help. I am not a health care professional but I am intuitive and maybe can direct you.
God bless all
Gary kleiner
Matthew’s Mental Health Poems (continued)
Poem 21
NO RIGHTS NOW SECTIONED MENTAL HEALTH
I have been Sectioned under the Mental Health Act,
for wanting to seriously Harm my Wife,
having played Online Ouija Boards for the last 6 Weeks.
There was no room in the Local Psychiatric Hospital,
So I spent around 20 Hours in a local Police Station Prison Cell.
I was lucky my Cell door was open for ages
And somebody sat down by the door.
I then agreed it could be shut, thus saving costs.
“Help, Help, I feel very cloustophobic”
“Taking Your Morning Medication is not Allowed.
Twice I was allowed into the Exercise outdoor area.
The Police looked after me very well saying “You should not be here”.
3 People immediately Sectioned me Under the Mental Health Act
And the nearest Hospital bed was 200 Miles away.
Imagine the cost of taking me there in an Ambulance!
It is a Private Hospital, but stayed there for free,
75-80% of the Patients are NHS.
Abuse and Mental Health Care
“Abuse and Mental Health Care”
Abuse hurts! It can cause not only physical but worse psychological damage to someone who already suffers from a psychiatric illness. When it comes from mental health workers at places where patients are required to be inpatient we should be all the more appauled.
My name is Benjamin Brokaw and for eleven years now I’ve suffered terribly from mental illness. Whats worse is I’ve been abused because of it by those in positions that should be helping people with these types of problems. My hope in telling you my story is that it will raise awareness of the abuse, both physical and verbal, that occurs at many psychiatric hospitals
Evil Among Us: Changing the Mental Health Conversation
This is more of an opinion piece than my story but still worth the read if you ask me. “Evil Among Us: Changing the Mental Health Conversation.”
As a writer with bipolar disorder I’m always looking for opportunities to change the conversation about mental health in our society. I haven’t necessarily always thought this way though. In fact, prior to my diagnosis I viewed and talked about mental health in the same way many still do today. I never really believed those with mental health issues could bring anything to society. I didn’t think they could contribute like everyone else. I discriminated against those with mental health issues because of the negative stigma and stereotypes I held.
Now that I’m on the other side I’ve more than realized that was the completely wrong perspective to take on mental health. This being the case I set out to try and clear up this common misconception. I did this by trying to change the conversation about mental health by focusing on what contributions go unnoticed within society from us. Especially when talking about art, music, writing and anything else dealing with creativity. However it seems this conversation somehow always gets lost in the dark dialogue about mental health.
Fight or Flight
This was originally posted 10/09/2013 at http://bringinghomebebe.tumblr.com
This week is Mental Health Awareness Week, so I wanted to take a moment to talk about my panic disorder, which I’ve mentioned in passing a few times in this space.
In Cycles: Seeking Love in the Midst of Manic Depression
This is a note I shared on my personal Facebook page in honor of this week.
Mental Health Awareness Week was established in 1990 by the U.S. Congress in recognition of efforts by the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) to educate and increase awareness about mental illness. It takes place every year during the first full week of October. During this week, mental health advocates and organizations across the U.S. join together to sponsor a variety of events to promote community outreach and public education concerning mental illnesses such as major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia. Examples of activities held during the week include art/music events, educational sessions provided by healthcare professionals, advertising campaigns, health fairs, movie nights, candlelight vigils, and benefit runs.
An estimated 26.2 percent of Americans ages 18 and older - about one in four adults - suffer from a diagnosable mental illness in any given year. However, stigma surrounding mental illness is a major barrier that prevents people from seeking the mental health treatment that they need. Programs during Mental Illness Awareness Week are designed to create community awareness and discussion in an effort to put an end to stigma and advocate for treatment and recovery.
In honor of this week I am choosing to share my personal struggles with Bipolar Disorder to all of my friends. Education (in any regard) is important to me so I hope that each of you will take the time to read and listen to what I have to say.
NAMI is an organization that has meant a great deal to me personally. I began attending meetings at NAMI Rowan in 2009 at the recommendation of a friend. At that time Davie County did not have a NAMI Affiliate. It was also at that time that another Davie resident, Julie Whittaker, and I became acquainted.
Julie had been and still remains a dedicated mental health advocate. She shares knowledge and ideas from the perspective of a family member. In 2011 Julie and I approached NAMI Forsyth about expanding their affiliate to include Davie County.
Eventually the NAMI Forsyth Board decided to include both Davie and Stokes counties which resulted in the formation of a new affiliate, NAMI Northwest Piedmont.
– Glenda Smith, NAMI Connection trainer