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Originally Posted by Gus1234U
i worked for many years helping 'stigmatized populations' access supportive services; was specially trained in 'ex-felon re-entry' and after acquiring a brain disorder from being poisoned by psych med and old stupid docs, i was trained in the Rights of People with Disabilities, under the Federal Rehabilitation Act of 1972 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Still,,, STILL,,, i find that psychiatrists and other doctors are NOT aware that we have rights and they have responsibilities.
i have several times resorted to Requests for Accommodations under the ADA, but this last Pdoc i saw took the cake. he said: "I will NOT be told what to do by a patient~!" (and he stood up and leaned over toward me to be sure i understood he was threatening me~!) i am just too tired to call the Civil Rights lawyers. the last time i played with them, it took 2 years for them to respond, and then she treated me like a leach.
i remember knowing nothing about prisons, and psychiatrists... and how i wish i was that ignorant again~! but, i live in a world now where i am in the gutter, looking up, and not in the cat-bird seat looking around...
my heart goes out to anyone who has to deal with public health services, or worse, the Veterans'...  |
It proves the point that as harsh as it is to bear - stigma can never be removed, if the subject in question has been made for people who are considered inferior from above
Sorry, I know this is hard to hear this, but there is some truth for it. It takes putting oneself in the shoes of leaders across the world, thinking how to manage the people "from below"
Harsh truth, but it helps understand
However if the topic of mental health is actually about health, then there is no point in stigma, as health is a universal concept of us as people, and to have mental health exclusionary to people who are diagnosed with mental illness would be like giving physical health only to the people who are diagnosed with physical illnesses - we all deserve to be equally healthy, despite the inequality seeming to become increasingly visible
And I still want to amplify the idea that mental health is something that since is considered to be the same as physical health, needs protection as much as the physical body