how was your experiance at a mental hospital?

I’v been in and out I just wanted to hear other’s expereances

They scared me.

I haven’t been admitted into one, however I have worked in quite a few. I think the term ‘mental hospital’ is a little outdated now, as are the patients who use them.

psychiatry has developed a lot over the last 100 years. it USED to be people with learning disabilitys, down syndrome, cerebral psyalsy, spastic paraplegia etc that used to account for a HUGE percentage of mental health patients, but in the last 50 years it has become more widely accepted that people with these condition ARE NOT in need of mental health assitance, but independent living help.

now when you go into mental health settings, they’re far more relaxed. you find a lot of people with alcohol, drug, self-harm and OCD issues in mental health units, only becuase people with more conventional problems tend to be treated ‘at home’ with mental health nurses in the community.

so when you go into mental health units (aka the old mental hospitals) its more about helping people with acute problems and about re-intergrating them back into society and independent living.

mental health services are focussed around helping the patient deal with what is going on, and helping them learn about their own conditions and taking more control over them. if you are referring to the more ‘serious’ conditions, such as schizophrenia, then they are normally initially helped in a unit, and then in the community. there is a HUGE misconception about mental health problems still, depite the fact that depression is a mental health problem and one in 6 people will suffer with it in their life, there’s still a huge tabboo attached to it. what is it you wanted to know about specifically?