April 2005

The rule is very very simple. Though it does take some experience and common sense to know how to apply it in some situations.

Here it is, are you ready ?

Never lie to a client.

Very facile.

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It used to be quite easy to spot weirdoes when out and about. This was some decades ago.

Weird people used to push around shopping trolleys full of carrier bags. They would stand on street corners, under a bible verse banner, shouting about everyone being an evil sinner. Wearing long and dirty trenchcoats. Liberals and communists ! Twitching, shaking, staring and muttering.

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This is even more off topic than anything else so far.

When I was young I believed that permanent marker was just that; permanent. I thought that the stupid smiling face I drew on my father’s knee was going to be with him for the rest of his life. I was only six when I did this. I wondered why I was not in a world of trouble.

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An article touching on psychiatry in this months Fortean Times (196) p20.

www.cocc.edu/lminorevans/on_being_sane_in_insane_places.htm

about an experiment done in 1972 by David Rosenhan.

As I don’t have a reliable internet connection feel free to investigate on your own

Well not the morning the afternoon.

Nothing wildly exciting happened last night thankfully. The wood touching was effective.

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Well not the last night ever. I am currently about half way through my last night shift with my current employer. All I want to do is get through this night with all my residents and myself alive.

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Again I sit here on a night shift, having just watched Steve Martin in ‘The Man With Two Brains’. Unlike last nights movie it does not really remind me of any particular mental health anecdotes. Well apart from the scene where Steve Martin’s wife is about to ‘jump’ from a ledge that she has chained herself to. I’ll save that one for later though.

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Currently on my first night shift of a batch. Watching Guest House Paradiso, one of the finest movies ever made, hoping nothing bad happens before morning comes.

The meaningless cruelty of the movie occasionally reminds me of scenes seen at work.

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Before I begin properly. Hampshire Partnership NHS Trust www.hantspt.nhs.uk have taken out one and a half pages in this weeks mental health practice appointments pages. If the cynic’s guide is anything to go by they are absolutely desperate for any staff as they are seeking D,E and F grades.

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Due to an overly keen Broadband company. I mean *you* Pipex ! I have lost my Internet connection for the next few weeks. Updates will either be via a mobile phone or borrowed time on the work ‘puter.

I ask for patience until normal ranting and whining is resumed.