tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5317925651753639985.post9173500240659711597..comments2023-09-10T06:52:18.149-07:00Comments on Schizophrenia at the Schoolgate: Great interview from Mad in AmericaSchizophrenia at the Schoolgatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03839755338912448705noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5317925651753639985.post-87566538337209467552013-03-16T03:01:20.184-07:002013-03-16T03:01:20.184-07:00You're right, on both counts. Luckily, more a...You're right, on both counts. Luckily, more and more people are writing and speaking about their experiences now, and hopefully over time more of these books will get read. I give away copies of mine to people who I think might benefit and ask them to pass them on when they have finished - but my story is only a drop in the ocean. <br /><br />What surprises me when I read others is how similar the very strange experiences of psychosis turn out to be. I really think there needs to be more education about it in the general population. <br /><br />And yes, I'm sure that psychiatrists don't go into the profession to harm, but to help. I don't think they are aware of the abuse that goes on in the system - they are not present when patients are forcibly medicated, which I remember as the most traumatic event imaginable. Sometimes I wonder if I am still traumatised by it! <br /><br />Some psychiatrists, even working within the current system, do make a positive difference. The ones I disapprove of are those who refuse to communicate with the patient - I have met a few of these over the years, and I find it really odd. You speak to them and they just sit silently and say nothing...I don't think they know what to say. <br /><br />Hopefully, the culture is changing. In this area, we have a service user group who work with psychiatrists to try to make them see things from the patients's perspective - although I do wonder whether the ones who agree to be part of this initiative are the ones who really need it.<br /><br />Anyway. Onwards and upwards. Schizophrenia at the Schoolgatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03839755338912448705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5317925651753639985.post-80077322805502848022013-03-15T05:05:02.225-07:002013-03-15T05:05:02.225-07:00More and more people should write about their brea...More and more people should write about their breakdowns and their experiences with the "Mental Health" services.Reading these books should be compulsory for young psychiatrists who have never experienced a breakdown. Otherwise how can they understand what is going on? In hospital they see their patients for a few minutes that's all. The system needs changing really. The psychiatrists are hard done by too. How can they do a good job if they see their patient only on ward rounds where the patient clams up of course and sometimes gets laughed at? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com