Mental Health Movement, Not Just Psychiatry
You know what a mental health activist said on reading 'R',or 'Childhood Buddy Hangs Up'(the second post on this Blog)?
She said when they come to know about someone suicidal (or actively sick psychiatrically, but refusing treatment), they just call up, and get talking. And then go and visit the person in a group of two or three. Having herself suffered a psychiatric problem and recovered, she can explain first hand how psychiatry helps. And she has no qualms saying it openly she was a patient and has recovered, though on maintenance therapy.
The person is very reluctant to talk or meet them initially. But if handled tactfully, he/she relents by the end of the meeting, and treatment can get started.
So, the psychiatrist’s professional reserve is compensated for by a mental health activist' s dedication.
Hence, the mental health movement, rather than just psychiatric care.
A sobering, though enlightening thought, perhaps?
Ajai
14 March 2006
Posted by psychiatrist400080
at 12:23 AM EST
