RE: 25% of the British are Mentally Ill (UK Chief Medical officer)
January 16, 2015 at 9:29 am
(This post was last modified: January 16, 2015 at 9:48 am by Newtonscat.)
In the early 90s MIND published an article by a psychiatrist in which he said that no matter how bad a person's life is, no matter what pressure they are under, they do not become mentally ill. They may develop mental health problems - but mental illness is a biological condition separate from mental health issues produced by life experiences.
In 1999 the Surgeon General of the United States declared:
All mental illness is biological.
Classifying mental health problems/issues as mental illness is a dangerous path to follow because it will lead to an increase in prescription mind-altering drug use - as is happening in the UK.
One day, in 1962, when I was 19, I was walking along the road worrying about my life. A thought passed through my mind to kill myself. Five minutes later I felt great. My body relaxed and a smile came on my face. For a week I happily went to the library to research how to kill myself. I slept well. I socialised with others in a way I hadn't done for years. I read that 20 aspirins would kill me .. so I took a 100.
My stomach rejected them and I went to a hospital and told them what I'd done. They didn't believe me (their logic was, I surmise, that if I'd taken a 100 aspirins two hours earlier I wouldn't be standing there talking to them). I got no treatment ... but they detained me. I got sectioned. The psychiatrist told the hospital that I had "suffered from a delusion that I'd tried to kill myself." 'Suspected schizophrenia' went into my medical records. I was out of the mental hospital within a month and have never seen a psychiatrist since. But - in 2009 I went to a doctor about a minor physical health problem. The doctor checked my medical records on his computer. This came up:
Age 19 years
Sectioned
Suspected schizophrenia
No definite diagnosis
The doctor gazed at it for a few seconds ... then began talking to me as if I was mad.
A lot of doctors (here in the UK at least) think that mentally ill people are mad ... and should be on meds.
In 1999 the Surgeon General of the United States declared:
All mental illness is biological.
Classifying mental health problems/issues as mental illness is a dangerous path to follow because it will lead to an increase in prescription mind-altering drug use - as is happening in the UK.
(January 16, 2015 at 6:18 am)robvalue Wrote: Yep, I'm mentally ill too. Depression, making me want to kill myself every day. I used to also have crippling anxiety, but I have managed to get that under control.
I have no idea if 25% is accurate, but I wouldn't find it too surprising.
One day, in 1962, when I was 19, I was walking along the road worrying about my life. A thought passed through my mind to kill myself. Five minutes later I felt great. My body relaxed and a smile came on my face. For a week I happily went to the library to research how to kill myself. I slept well. I socialised with others in a way I hadn't done for years. I read that 20 aspirins would kill me .. so I took a 100.
My stomach rejected them and I went to a hospital and told them what I'd done. They didn't believe me (their logic was, I surmise, that if I'd taken a 100 aspirins two hours earlier I wouldn't be standing there talking to them). I got no treatment ... but they detained me. I got sectioned. The psychiatrist told the hospital that I had "suffered from a delusion that I'd tried to kill myself." 'Suspected schizophrenia' went into my medical records. I was out of the mental hospital within a month and have never seen a psychiatrist since. But - in 2009 I went to a doctor about a minor physical health problem. The doctor checked my medical records on his computer. This came up:
Age 19 years
Sectioned
Suspected schizophrenia
No definite diagnosis
The doctor gazed at it for a few seconds ... then began talking to me as if I was mad.
A lot of doctors (here in the UK at least) think that mentally ill people are mad ... and should be on meds.
