https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xv2ScNPKwO4
I liked Mia Mulder’s vid on it. Institutionalisation should always be with fully informed, non-coerced consent, where remotely possible.
One simple test might be: let the staff stay in the incarceration facilities for a week. If they don’t want to, ask them why not? Would they want someone they love to stay there, and why or why not?
Many diagnoses are just checklists created and used by people who read a lot of books, wrote a few papers, and had other similar people vouch for their understanding of the fundamentals (as they understood them at the time).
While practical work and dedicated study are important and valuable, so is the lived experience and personal interpretation of the people directly affected.
Within the past few months, I had someone diagnose me with mixed personality disorder. What I expect they did not note was that this interaction was based on talking to me for 40 minutes after I’d had 4 hours of sleep, with no context from my partner or anyone else who knew me.
They did not look at the extensive notes I was asked to bring. Finally, the appointment started late because reception did not inform the clinician I’d arrived. First topic of conversation? Neither of us knew what the appointment was for.
I know the NHS has been defunded for decades, mental healthcare is deprioritised, and my many intersections of identity make it difficult to find any professional who wouldn’t need at least 3 full hours to get a baseline understanding of my experiences. Equally: that’s not my problem.
#MentalHealth #Mentalillness #psychiatry #psychology #trauma #cptsd #schizophrenia #delusions #hallucinations #pathology #medicine #learning #institutionalRacism #homophobia #marginalisation #queer omg #queory for #queerTheory I love it