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In reply to the discussion: Wanna see what some mental health providers are thinking right now? [View all]napoleon_in_rags
(3,991 posts)Outrageous. I've been in the field for years, on the font line and I know this type: Sitting behind a desk as a mental health practitioner, terrified when anybody with a real mental illness walks in. The people I admire are those working in the institutions or the outpatient programs on the front lines. I remember one guy I admire, big African American dude, showed me his wrist where one patient had bitten into his flesh and ripped it out, but never had a disrespectful moment for the people going through these intense episodes - he understood it as a disease that twists behavior, nothing more. I've seen cops trained in mental health interventions, walk up and smile and trade a guy a cookie for his knife, while the other cops stood back with guns drawn.
If this guy has fear of mentally ill he has no business in the field.