Originally Posted by
fuzzy
thats the job of the professionals, to work out and assess which individuals show a tendency of violence and are likely candidates to commit offences.
if undecided then they should err on the side of caution and detain them. if no one can make sure they are taking the medication that keeps them placid they should err on the side of caution and detain them. the caution is to protect the public not the individual.
Youd be detaining probably more than the number i qouted earlier with the associated costs as theres loads of mental illness's and personality disorders with violence as a possibility
And then you have to take into account that just because someone has mental illness doesnt mean they are stupid. I know for a FACT that if i faced being locked up for admitting certain types of thoughts etc then do you think id be honest or lie???? Selfish you may say but i value my freedom above your concerns about mental health "nutters" committing violence.
Originally Posted by
Ellie
As for professionals monitoring their medication, they would have a CPN (nurse visiting their homes daily/weekly). But ive called CPN's myself to say a patient has not collected their medication and quite often get "ohhhhhh, okay, Ill go round their later". (patients cannot get away with missing doses on this drug).
Exactly but again if a patient wants to not take thier medication deliberately, then they will collect the prescription and then not take the pills and stash/bin them. Supervised consumption is the only way round this and its not practical for the numbers of people suffering mental illhealth in the community.
Generally the ones who miss picking up prescription are likely to be functioning at a low level already and getting higher supervision than others (if the system is working a bit!!).
You will also find plenty of people with psychiatric illness who dont like taking the medication and dont see why they should or dont feel the side effects are worth it.
Originally Posted by
Ellie
Not all people should be instantly judged.
EXACTLY
we cant judge people on sexuality/gender/race etc in our society yet the prejudice's and ignorance surrounding mental health still seem as strong as ever.
Originally Posted by
fuzzy
whatever the woolly liberal left think, if someone whacked my dad with a hammer id respond in kind regardless of whether or not its considered their fault. if its a schizo id do it twice to make sure id got the right man.
again another ignorant response. schizophrenic people do NOT have multiple personalitys!!! that is a seperate disorder called funnily enough, Multiple Personality Disorder or disassociative identity disorder!!!!
Id like to know how youd respond in kind as theyd be locked up very shortly after you found out?? or would you bear a grudge for years and years???