Posted by Willow on May 5, 2003, at 9:10:09
In reply to Re: return to work and other things ..., posted by gabbix2 on May 4, 2003, at 13:13:26
> I was accused of taking one of the same clients pills.
> It was ridiculous really, because I was the only one working there who wouldn't need to steal the medication, I had a prescription for it!
> Still it was an awful, humiliating thing to go through and I felt so alone, and so stupid. I'd just never seen it coming.
> I had to hire a lawyer,
> I learned a lot about people, but it was a lesson I really wish I hadn't had to learn.Gabbi
Perhaps if we have any character flaw, it would be that we are too trusting and then when human nature bites us it is heart breaking. I wonder if they did ever discover the true culprit or was it just human error?
I've mentioned this before but will plop it in again: My father who has schizophrenia in many ways is emotionally more mature than most of the people out there. I've had a hard time convincing him that he's not "nuts" but has an illness. On the website, PsychiatryMatters.MD, there were several articles about skin tests and others that researchers were having success with regarding being use as diagnostic tools for the illness. After showing him these, I think it gave him something to think about.
My point is if even people will theses illnesses are ignorant of the causes and mechanisms, we can't expect those that have no contact to be better educated. Yet, what is suprising about your situation is that you would think a work enviornment based in the social services field would be knowledgeable about this field of health care, considering that people are unfortunate enough to have dual diagnosises.
Well just recently I was guilty of a bias. My nine year old daughter asked (because of worry) how come I have to take so many different medications. I answered that if I exercised more I wouldn't need them. This she accepted because I do spend a good time sleeping.
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