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| 51. As usual with a group of politicians running the show, there are frequent |
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and sometimes abrupt changes in policy, funding and priorities. Lost of people make lots of money off the supplies/drugs for the state hospital system, not aqlways with the patient's best interest in mind. Yes, we have periodic shutdowns of hospitals, most recent being Harrisburg State in 2004 or 05. Patients were sent to private facilities or relocated to other hospitals in the state system, as were most staff. The hospital where I worked is very conservative and has many many lawsuits from workers who were mistreated by the management. I was a union steward there and participated indirectly in several such lawsuits.
Staff had to be very carefull to limit their input to getting patients to register and vote, and NEVER to even suggest any partisanship or preference to patients.
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| -"Mentally Ill" does not mean "wrong on an issue" |
SoxFan |
Oct-24-09 01:49 PM |
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I'm with that. |
Writer |
Oct-24-09 01:54 PM |
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I worked in a mental hospital for years and found people of all political |
old mark |
Oct-24-09 01:57 PM |
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The non-political thing probably makes some sense in that context |
Posteritatis |
Oct-24-09 02:02 PM |
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As usual with a group of politicians running the show, there are frequent |
old mark |
Oct-25-09 01:52 AM |
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Yep. |
SIMPLYB1980 |
Oct-24-09 01:58 PM |
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in before "but [person I dislike] is clearly insane!" |
Posteritatis |
Oct-24-09 01:58 PM |
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Are you a doctor or a therapist? n/t |
spiritual_gunfighter |
Oct-24-09 02:03 PM |
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Neither |
Posteritatis |
Oct-24-09 02:09 PM |
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Oh |
spiritual_gunfighter |
Oct-24-09 03:03 PM |
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Yeah, that one drives me up the wall |
Posteritatis |
Oct-24-09 03:28 PM |
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I'm a practicing psychiatrist and i can say that Orly Taitz is clearly ill. |
mkultra |
Oct-24-09 05:30 PM |
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As I'm unqualified to propose any such model, I'm not about to try |
Posteritatis |
Oct-24-09 05:50 PM |
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Interesting choice of name for a Pdoc. |
Cetacea |
Oct-24-09 06:01 PM |
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Oh, god, you're not a multiple personality "psychiatrist," are you? nt |
woo me with science |
Oct-24-09 06:16 PM |
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. |
mkultra |
Oct-24-09 05:30 PM |
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What we're seeing with a significant part of the population |
Warpy |
Oct-24-09 01:58 PM |
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+100. |
Hannah Bell |
Oct-24-09 01:59 PM |
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I can tell the difference between being called crazy and being called mentally ill |
lunatica |
Oct-24-09 02:01 PM |
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Follow some threads here and you'll see a lot of armchair diagnosing |
Posteritatis |
Oct-24-09 02:03 PM |
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Fail |
SoxFan |
Oct-24-09 02:04 PM |
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word up- |
Bluerthanblue |
Oct-24-09 02:19 PM |
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Feeling sorry for yourself doesn't help anything |
lunatica |
Oct-24-09 02:22 PM |
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So, how is life in the 1950s ? |
SoxFan |
Oct-24-09 02:28 PM |
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do you respond to people who use racial slurs and hate speech |
Bluerthanblue |
Oct-24-09 02:34 PM |
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Self pity is the best kind 'cause you know it's sincere |
lunatica |
Oct-24-09 02:43 PM |
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has anyone you loved died as a result of untreated mental illness? |
Bluerthanblue |
Oct-24-09 03:10 PM |
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Going out of your way to hurt and inflame others is a trait of the RW. |
bobbolink |
Oct-24-09 03:17 PM |
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Yes, it is. And one I am seeing a little too much of on an alleged Democratic site nt |
laughingliberal |
Oct-25-09 11:57 AM |
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A sense of superiority isn't the sole property of the RW. |
bobbolink |
Oct-25-09 08:45 PM |
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Labeling others and being spectacularly insensitive. |
bobbolink |
Oct-24-09 03:14 PM |
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My suggestion is you grow some sensitivity, and learn to LISTEN. |
bobbolink |
Oct-24-09 03:12 PM |
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Can it be referred to as mentally ill on an issue? |
lonestarnot |
Oct-24-09 02:02 PM |
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That's crazy-talk! |
Blue-Jay |
Oct-24-09 02:03 PM |
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Flamers use that ploy to denigrate (in their view) others who disagree with them |
UTUSN |
Oct-24-09 02:18 PM |
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Ed Schultz says that is "Psycho Talk" |
WonderGrunion |
Oct-24-09 02:21 PM |
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Yes, indeed, and that isn't his only blind spot. He has other ignorances. |
bobbolink |
Oct-24-09 03:19 PM |
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Here's a Rec because I have a goddaughter who has had a hell of a year battling schizophrenia |
elocs |
Oct-24-09 02:32 PM |
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Being intellectually lazy is one thing. Being willfully hurtful after it is pointed out is quite |
bobbolink |
Oct-24-09 03:20 PM |
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I agree. This BS doesn nothing but purpetuate the "mentally ill = violent" bigotry. |
Odin2005 |
Oct-24-09 02:42 PM |
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I'm mentally ill and wrong on many issues. nt |
Occam Bandage |
Oct-24-09 02:44 PM |
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K & R !!! |
Kitty Herder |
Oct-24-09 02:48 PM |
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"Mentally ill" is a populist and not a diagnostic term. Don't conflate them. |
nolabear |
Oct-24-09 02:52 PM |
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"There IS no 'us and them' ". Beautifully, wonderfully put. |
bobbolink |
Oct-24-09 03:24 PM |
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I want a "recommend comment" button for posts like these. (nt) |
Posteritatis |
Oct-24-09 03:30 PM |
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My favorite is when I disagree with someone or get cranky and |
cliffordu |
Oct-24-09 03:22 PM |
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Alert on those. |
MH1 |
Oct-25-09 10:36 AM |
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Sorry - Not here at DU - in real life - It's a favorite |
cliffordu |
Oct-25-09 11:31 AM |
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I agree. There is only ONE mental illnes one can diagnose from a discussion board... |
rd_kent |
Oct-24-09 03:32 PM |
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Atheism has it's disorders |
SIMPLYB1980 |
Oct-24-09 03:53 PM |
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How so? |
rd_kent |
Oct-24-09 04:53 PM |
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I don't believe in god and yet I have a chemical imbalance. |
SIMPLYB1980 |
Oct-24-09 05:08 PM |
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OK, but the two are NOT related, so whats your point? |
rd_kent |
Oct-24-09 05:12 PM |
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Most people who believe in a higher being or |
SIMPLYB1980 |
Oct-24-09 05:27 PM |
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I disagree. |
rd_kent |
Oct-24-09 05:35 PM |
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In a concurrent DU thread this topic is considered from the point of view of |
saltpoint |
Oct-25-09 06:33 AM |
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Thank you for posting this. |
lightningandsnow |
Oct-24-09 05:31 PM |
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Is there not a psychopathology of conservatism? |
aint_no_life_nowhere |
Oct-24-09 06:51 PM |
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The problem is the association |
Juche |
Oct-25-09 11:47 AM |
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I didn't say they were schizophrenic like my cousin was |
aint_no_life_nowhere |
Oct-25-09 11:52 AM |
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Thank you. |
mwb970 |
Oct-25-09 03:32 PM |
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Point taken, although it remains that willful ignorance in the face of |
saltpoint |
Oct-25-09 06:19 AM |
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There are times when it does. Where would a clinician place Fred Phelps, |
saltpoint |
Oct-25-09 06:48 AM |
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As long as the stigma remains... |
zanne |
Oct-25-09 10:18 AM |
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"Mentally ill" when used to describe political actions, CLEARLY does not mean |
MH1 |
Oct-25-09 10:29 AM |
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Does this mean I can't do a Glenn Beck costume this Halloween with a straitjacket? |
backscatter712 |
Oct-25-09 11:21 AM |
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Thank you. I had psychosis as a teenager |
Juche |
Oct-25-09 11:40 AM |
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k&r |
mix |
Oct-25-09 11:44 AM |
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One poster had the audacity to use my Asperger's as an excuse to dismiss my criticism... |
Odin2005 |
Oct-25-09 11:50 AM |
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If during a session Rick Santorum told his psychiatrist that the Supreme |
saltpoint |
Oct-25-09 11:54 AM |
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It depends on your definition of "progressive." |
LWolf |
Oct-25-09 11:55 AM |
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It keeps the stigma going |
cayanne |
Oct-25-09 02:59 PM |
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