Tag Archives: mental health

Does Mental illness exist (2)

June 4, 2008 – 9:07 am

Following on from the first post titled “Does mental illness exist” after which Ted argued passionately, if unconvincingly, that coercive psychiatry was contrary to the principles of Natural law and was morally wrong. It occurred to me that if Psychiatry, coercive or otherwise, is to have any validity at all then it must be [...]

By E | Posted in Mental Illness, Passing Connection To Work | Also tagged | Comments (5)

Mad or bad? (Take #37)

June 1, 2008 – 5:03 am

Mr Man’s Wife raises discussion on the “Austrian cellar man”
Stories such as this one infuriate me. Once again we have a lawyer who is paid far too much money to try to find a way of reducing the punishment of a man who has undeniably committed a heinous crime, and the best he can come [...]

By Mr Ian | Posted in Treatment, Vague Link To Mental Health | Also tagged | Comments (8)

Don’t tell Ted… but here’s another theory on mental illness

May 23, 2008 – 5:03 am

Surfing the net; an interesting article on yet another theory on the aetiology of mental disorder.
This one suggests that the culprit may be nothing more than the common ‘flu’.
Doctors have known for many years that microbes such as syphilis and Streptococcus can, if left untreated, lead to serious psychiatric problems. Now a growing number of [...]

By Mr Ian | Posted in Mental Illness, Schizophrenia | Also tagged , , | Comments (12)

Does Mental illness exist?

May 16, 2008 – 2:44 pm

Following on from the debate sparked off by “on the borderline” as well my own philosophical musing on the nature of mental illness and Psychiatry it appears clear to me that Psychiatry obviously involves a theory of mind. This often leads to mental health professionals being accused of playing “mind games” or seeking to [...]

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The will to do no wrong (part 2)

April 12, 2008 – 8:42 pm

So, if positive symptoms cause violence, why aren’t there as many violent incidents to reflect this linearly?
As pointed out by beakie, not all hallucinatory experiences are bad ones. But is it the bad ones that cause violence in mental illness?

By Mr Ian | Posted in Passing Connection To Work, Schizophrenia, Treatment | Also tagged , | Comments (2)

Garfield Minus Garfield

March 29, 2008 – 5:44 pm

I saw this website linked from another blog, but I can’t remember what one, so I apologise for no acknowledgement.
I wanted to share it even further and decided to post the link here as well.
Who would have guessed that when you remove Garfield from the Garfield comic strips, the result is an even better comic [...]

By Azulinebloo | Posted in Big Fat Fun, General, Internet, Shameless Plug | Also tagged , , , | Comments (5)

Student Nurse Faces Shocking Treatment on Placement

February 22, 2008 – 10:34 pm

This week I started on my first community placement. I am in a team that covers primary under 65’s, severe and enduring and over 65’s.  
I will be spending time with 3 different CPN’s based in the same office. I will mainly be with the primary under 65 however.
Having gained almost all of my knowledge [...]

By Azulinebloo | Posted in Outright Waffle, Passing Connection To Work, Pointless Ranting | Also tagged , , | Comments (9)

THE NMC TO SCRAP MENTAL HEALTH NURSE TRAINING!!!

January 30, 2008 – 4:48 pm

Ok, that was a slight exaggeration, adding a bit of sensationalism, but the above point may come true in the future.
The NMC are currently running a review of pre-registration nursing education.
Questions include:
should nurses be prepared to diploma or degree level?
what proportion of a pre-registration programme should be spent learning in practice?
should shared learning be a [...]

By Azulinebloo | Posted in General, Shameless Plug, Stupidness, Vague Link To Mental Health | Also tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (21)

Is Obesity a Mental Health Issue?

December 19, 2007 – 12:21 am

I have been thinking about this for quite some time now, but I haven’t heard anyone else talk about it, or read anything worthwhile so decided to put my thoughts down here and you can tell me your opinion on it. I really don’t think I could be the first person to think like this!

By Azulinebloo | Posted in Mental Illness, Outright Waffle, Passing Connection To Work, Treatment | Also tagged | Comments (7)

Community abuse

November 29, 2007 – 7:55 am

Grim news from the latest MIND survey: -
Most people with mental health problems are routinely subjected to physical and sexual abuse or theft by their neighbours, a new study indicates.
Nearly three quarters of those suffering from conditions such as depression, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia have been victimised in the community at least once in [...]

By beakie | Posted in Passing Connection To Work | Also tagged , | Comments (7)

Madder Than Thou

July 14, 2007 – 7:44 pm

SecretLife has a wonderful post.
“I’m More Bipolar Than You”
I managed to get myself into a fight on my Livejournal last night, which started with my saying I didn’t like wearing my sleeves up (obvious reasons) and ended with abuse being thrown at me, variously calling me a slut and a prostitute and saying I wasn’t [...]

By Mental Nurse | Posted in Internet, Stupidness | Also tagged , | Comments (4)

Mental Illness: Two: People Are Strange

July 9, 2007 – 9:37 pm

A follow up to Mental Illness: One. As before this post is not a thorough research based article. It is a mix of personal experience, discussions, made up things, fleeting thoughts and stuff I will just put in to wind people up.
To summarise my previous articles. Mental Illness exists, if for no other reason than [...]

By Mental Nurse | Posted in Mental Illness, Vague Link To Mental Health | Also tagged | Comments (14)

Mental Illness: One

July 4, 2007 – 9:37 pm

Thought I would finally wade into the fray. Not sure yet if I am going to make this a comment or a post.
The following is not a professional statement nor should be taken as any kind of representative view of mental health staff in general. In fact as I am going to be writing it [...]

By Mental Nurse | Posted in Mental Illness | Also tagged | Comments (9)

Abuse: Society, The System and Sanity.

June 30, 2007 – 10:13 pm

It seems to me the “Mental Health System” fails to recognise that the principal diagnosis of 50% plus of its patients should in fact be the consequent phychologically sane response to damage from one form or another of child abuse. Victims of abuse normally spend seventeen years in the system before they are correctly diagnosed [...]

By The Irreverent Buddhist | Posted in Mental Illness | Also tagged | Comments (65)

Psychiatric Nurses Are Not Proper Nurses - Discuss

October 22, 2005 – 3:57 pm

I often have to explain to other people that I am not a proper nurse. For example:
Friend: Hello, Mental. You’re a nurse aren’t you ?
Mental: Hello. Yes, I’ve been a nurse for many years, what stupid question do you have now ?
Friend: Not So Friendly: No need to be like that !
Mental: Just get [...]

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