Posted by toojane on February 5, 2007, at 8:30:08
In reply to Re: Hospitalization » toojane, posted by Craig on February 5, 2007, at 3:53:09
> The power that psychiatrists and their minions hold is unbelievable.
Before I was hospitalized I had no idea. Not a clue. Since then, I've read a lot about the history of psychiatric treatment and it's frightening how that power has been abused throughout the years. I don't think the general public realizes. Or cares terribly much.
I think, morally, if society is going to grant psychiatrists that kind of power, it has a duty to ensure that power will not be misused.
>“Patient rights” is a crock of sh*t.It is very complicated because you are locked up in a space with someone who is abusing you, with no way to get away, and even if you gather the courage to tell, who do you tell and what happens to you after you tell because you are a mental patient so they're probably not going to believe you and in the end you are still trapped there and completely at their mercy.
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