Not a rant at all
Very sad that's how it works, someone on here posted some photos of a Mental Health place they went to a couple of years ago, just by looking at it it didn't seem like the most constructive of environments? I don't know how the system in the UK differs from the US, I hope its slightly better? I guess its a lot of hard working people trying to the best they can in an unhelpful environment. I don't know much about schizophrenia, I don't think the way its handled in the media is especially helpful, definitely around reports of Cannabis etc, tends to be described as some sort of living death? "I lost my son to cannabis" etc. The video above was a enlightening insight, as well as what you've said there. Food for thought.
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Jorvic, Sun 6 Mar 2011, 18:59,
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The media
seems to be a bit more helpful on this side of the pond, I've heard horror stories about the daily mail, I'm glad we don't have them over here so much.
Cannabis does dot lead to schizophrenia (although it can act as a trigger for those who have the illness already)
However, many of my clients were former crackheads, I don't know of the actual studies, but after working there...well I wouldn't recommend it.
At any rate, Schizophrenia is no living death, from what I've seen, its just living with a lot more fear than average. When they're stable though, they can be completely normal people, I knew guys who had not had episodes for years, even in the system clients would get married, practice art, play basketball, all sorts of stuff, it is by no means the end of the road, just a bit of a rougher one.
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Arsonade is saving up for a new box of hummus, Sun 6 Mar 2011, 19:25,
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I think it was me who posted the pics
It was of a very old mental hospital that worked in just before it closed down. The majority of them are modern, clean and with pretty good facilities. Not saying they can't be scary at times, they're just not old red brick asylums.
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Sheriff John Bunnell https://twitter.com/thewonderfulgam, Mon 7 Mar 2011, 0:16,
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