Biggest flaw with the UK mental health system

If somone does or says something that isn't considered "socially acceptable", mental health services don't give a s**t in understanding why you said or did that. Noone ever asks "why did you do that?". It's always "You are in poor mental health! You need medication!" followed by a prescription of medication whether you need it or not. I did not need risperidone. Risperidone put me in that pscyh ward. You put me in that pscy ward. All that could have been avoided if someone had just listened to me instead of just ignoring me and pressuring me to take powerful medication like risperidone which has utterly horrific side effects.

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  • I have been in a psych. ward for 3.5 weeks and you know what? I got more respect and eye-contact from the fellow patients than I did from the actual staff.

    IMO I think it's a case of "I have power over you therefore I am too good to look at you". People who get jobs as nurses or support workers get a feeling of power and therefore feel like they are "better" than those than those they are paid to support.

    And one nurse employed by NHS Ayrshire and Arran actually called me an "ugly ***" in hospital because I have a facial transfiguration. I'm not making this up.

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