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yes. paternalism. 'it is for your own good' 'we are trying to help you' and so on and so forth. we are trying to help you so much that we are locking you up in an institution where the nurses all hang out in their nurses station and have minimal contact with patients. we are trying to help you so much that we will spend 10 minutes with you and figure out which cocktail of medications to give you this week. we are trying to help you so much that we won't have caring people on the ward who you can talk to about your experiences and your fears and your worries. we are trying to help you so much that we will consider all of that irrelevant. something that will cease with strategic administration of medication.

misguided...

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Alex, has this been your experience in a psychiatric hospital? If yes, I'm really sorry. That sounds barbaric and not at all my experience working in psych hospitals, current or past, although some definitely are better than others.
Take care,
Okie