have you even been hospitalized in a pysch ward?
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yes i have been in most of my life and it's not what others expect depends on the state and the facility u are put in along with the care u recive there i agree some of them should be closed down due to the things that happends in there i was rped and locked in rooms, chained down to the bed and given muscle relaxors just because the nurses didnt want to be bothered with me other places actually listened to me and what was going on so it just depends on the place and the people that are running it
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I have had a few!!!  I cleaned a respite home for mentally and physically disabled people while I was at college, I was hoovering a room when one of the patients started being sick, as he had a hole in his throat where he was tube fed, it sprayed all up the wall out of the hole, that was pretty disturbing.\n\nI worked for a short time in a beauty salon, owned by a semi-famous hairdresser so no names as I don't want to get sued, she was an absolute psycho b*tch from hell and her husband was an arrogant man, they made it their mission to make every member of staff cry at least once and made my life heel every day.  I hated that job so much I faked illness and told them I was not coming back.
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I used to work with people with schizophrenia who were recently discharged from the state hospital and now I am a 4th year clinical psychology grad student.  I would love to give you some interesting (deidentified) cases, but I don't feel comfortable leaving my e-mail here.  You can contact me through my profile.
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a friend of mine was wrongly committed to an institution. he told me that the electric shock therapy that he received would render him unable to talk, he could hardly move afterwards, they woke him up every morning at 5 and strapped him to a chair and shocked him. His family would come to visit in the afternoon, he would sit in a chair unable to talk to them, unable to sit up straight, they would ask the doctors what was wrong with him, the doctor would shake his head, and they would walk away and cry and he would cry. \n\nI feel deeply sorry for anyone who has undergone this sort of thing.
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If a person is inpatient at a psychiatric hospital, they are usually a danger to themselves or others.  There they can be medically monitored, medicated and restrained if necessary to be safe.  Once they have calmed down, they will have therapy several times a day and try to fix what can be fixed.  Hopefully when they leave and stay on their medications, continue outpatient therapy.....they will no longer be a danger to anyone and can work and live normally.  That's how it's supposed to work.  For the most part it does.  Some people are just unable to live outside of an institutional setting and that's a damn shame.
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I need a hospital? You're the one shot in the head
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I know a woman that was kicked out because she yelled at the nurse. She was being adviced to take her child to an oral surgeon because her child was uncontrollable and the doctor was unable to check him. The child was in total control of his mother and was obviously spoiled beyond help and the mother was a lazy parent. She wanted to blame anyone but herself for her childs abcess so she accused the nurse of not caring. When the nurse remarked about the womans child being out of control, the mother kicked open the hallway door and started to go in after her. She was promptly stopped there and told to leave or the police would be notified. She was a real piece of work let me tell you. And I was the nurse!
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at the time\nage 15\noccupation school\nsex female\naccident fell of a horse and awoke under a car\nkept in for blood in urine and concussion as well as lot of cuts and bruses mainly to my back\nadmitted to the old manor hospital a&e Nuneaton warwickshire nr coventry (old cos its now closed) hospital was very old and seemed to consist of 2 wards childrens (too old for) adults so admitted to mixed adults ward\ndidnt care very scared, upset and wanted to go home slept fitfully through the night discarged 10 am next day after they had moved every single item in there and cleaned it, wonder if they still do that or just clean round it. they wouldnt even let me go to the bathroom them made me use a bed pan i tell you it would have hurt less to walt to the loo then use that thing they are really not designed to be used laying down\nnow 30ish still nuneaton taxi driver\nwould rather be on a female ward cos men snore lots and i am a very light sleeper but would discharge myself at earlist oppertunity because of mrsa and things\nBTW have been treated in out patients this year, recovery was a mixed ward but i react badly to the injections they give you to put you to sleep i wake up panicing and crying and sick so they just left me to sleep it of and i was so doped up i didnt care i just wanted my hubby and to go home\nhope it helps
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I worked in a hospital for years and after years of trying to change exactly what you are talking about - I had to quit.  I couldn't find a way to separate what I was dealing with at the hospital (negligent doctors, uncaring nurses, etc.) from the rest of my life.  I actually started having a lot of stress-related health problems, which is ironic because now I ended up on the other side of that system and it's just as demeaning and wrong as I thought it was.  \n\nWhat I do now is not to bad mouth hospitals, because obviously we need them, but to try to kind of coach people about how to "protect" and "advocate for" themselves at the hospital.  I tell them never go to the hospital alone.  Have someone taking notes on everything you are told.  There are no dumb questions - ask them all until you get an answer that you understand and contact the patient relations and or social services department for additional assistance.\n\nI want to add, and this should go without saying, that there are excellent, caring people in every aspect of the hospital, I was just speaking to this question and the fact that we have shared similar experiences.\n\nI'm sorry I don't have more to offer as a solution.  I'm still mad that I quit in a way because I don't think of myself as a quitter and I know I was helping people.  It was just that I, personally, couldn't find a way not to get so upset about it.  \n\nTake care and try to hang in there...
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I have run a community based mental health unit for many years within the NHS. (STATE HOSPITAL).\nI am truly sorry that you have had such a bad experience whilst receiving mental health care. May I assure you that this is not the case everywhere. If I overheard a member of my staff speaking like that to any patient they wouldn't have a job for very long. Complaints of this nature are taken very seriously in our hospital trust, patient dignity is a paramount concern. The underpinning philosophy of care at my unit is:\n'People will forget what you said,\nforget what you did,\nbut they will never forget the way you made them feel.'\nBelieve me it works, we still have cards and presents at Christmas from patients long discharged.
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well i'd tell them u have serious issues and u need pyshological help!
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I'm a RN in a Large Medical Center, I would be most willing to help you.  I know we don't them Wards but Units but it really may be the type of hospital. So what ever you need help with just ask, I have no problems with helping someone with medical stuff-HotBurnNurse
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You should go. Hey they aren't like the movies-someone already said that, but I feel I should say it as well. I have been in several different psych wards. The feeling is safe and secure, the food is good. If you are going to go on medication or do adjustments to them-it is way better to do it while on the psych floor because of side effects. You meet some very cool people there. You also get the real help you need. There's usually plenty to do. Straight-jackets have been outlawed so don't worry about that nonsense. Even if there is a padded room-the only time you would go in it is if you asked because you wanted to do some cartwheels for excersize. (I did that once and had a blast. The nurse came in and hung out with me while I practiced my tumbling. We laughed and talked.) They are not bad scary places. TRUST ME! Just be honest with all the docs and nurses there. Know your rights and concentrate on getting yourself well. Good luck to you! I hope you feel better soon!
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It is not your fault.  Once you are "labeled" with a mental illness, people unfortunately make assumptions about you.  The Rosenhan experiement is a great study on examining the impact of being labeled with a mental illness: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosenhan_experiment \n(In the study, "normal" people are admitted to psych wards based on the complaint of hearing voices.  Once admitted they no longer claim to hear voices and act as they normally would.  However, because they already had been labeled, it took an average of 19 days for each patient to be discharged from the hospital!)\n\nI think a good approach whenever you are treated this way by someone who knows your diagnosis is to explain that although you have been diagnosed with a mental illness, you are taking the appropriate medications or therapy (although that's not really their business anyway) and that you expect to be treated with the respect with which they treat everyone else.
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I am mentally ill. I can say it. I have had to endure 30 brain surgeries and I suffer, believe me- I SUFFER- some lingering side effects of it. The surgery was for a birth deffect that wasn't detected til I was 19. \n I now suffer from severe bio-polar disorder and, without my meds, I can have mild schitzophrenic tendencies .  Ok, cool. As Long as I knowwww what is wrong with me and how to treat it, I'm ok. I can handle it. \n\n   This person in your house, that might or might not have mental problems, may not even realize they have a problem. I know it took 3 years for us to decide/realize what was wrong with me.  Ever hear of an intervention. or are you the only one who feels this person has a problem? \n    No , you don't have the right to tell someone to 'get off the drugs' when they aren't on any and you KNOW that for a fact. ( Maybe tell them to start taking the RIGHT ones..it took me 8 years to get to the right 'cocktail' of meds I am on now so that I don't talk to the trees and don't cry when they don't answer me. LOL its not thaaat bad,  just kidding  a little But it does take time and cooperation on EVERYONE's part. ) Go to the person , offer what you've observed and offer to HELP said person get the help that they NEED, or to at least see someone and determine if they need anything. It sounds simple, but it isn't. I know. I had to hospitalize my husband twice in the first year we were married before we got him properly diagnosed/medicated for bipoler problems. It stinks and its hard, but up front is the only way to go. Just don't let that person doubt your love and  support for them. \nBy the way... you don't wanna know what all I am on!!
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Are you looking for guidelines or asking if there are guidelines and if there sufficient. Ever hospital has slightly different guidelines.
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probably best to get in touch with your local ICU-possessing hospital and seeing if they can supply you with any suitable (anonymised) materials, or even if you can go down make the notes yourself (which will certainly give you a more true to life experience / record of the patient care, symptoms etc which may have been sugar coated in official materials or those sent out from the hosp)