My doctor advised to go in a psychiatric hospital as I was in bad mental shape. I went in in December and should be leaving this week.
Thought I'd end up with some people that are slightly cuckoo but found most people in the service to be more or less normal. A relief because the movies give these places a bad and possibly out of date reputation.
What's surprising is the number of people in these places, some because of alcohol problems, others for a change of medication, yet others because of depression, etc. What's also surprising is the fact that some people have been in the system for years if not decades.
Lastly, these places might be a goldmine for whoever is running the place. Not sure how much a stay costs but it's not cheap and all this is being paid by social security.
So what do you think of this ? Do you see any necessity in people staying in a kind of hospital when they're down in the dumps ? Have you ever been in a similar place ?
Thought I'd end up with some people that are slightly cuckoo but found most people in the service to be more or less normal. A relief because the movies give these places a bad and possibly out of date reputation.
What's surprising is the number of people in these places, some because of alcohol problems, others for a change of medication, yet others because of depression, etc. What's also surprising is the fact that some people have been in the system for years if not decades.
Lastly, these places might be a goldmine for whoever is running the place. Not sure how much a stay costs but it's not cheap and all this is being paid by social security.
So what do you think of this ? Do you see any necessity in people staying in a kind of hospital when they're down in the dumps ? Have you ever been in a similar place ?