Cartesian Theater
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Alex ( [MENTION=6109]Halla74[/MENTION] ) got me thinking that perhaps people who aren't being treated should be the ones responsible for their actions. Like having to sign a waiver when you leave the hospital before the doctor releases you after surgery. "You should be going to therapy once a week and have treatment for your illness. If you are not then you are responsible for your actions." Since most people with mental illness probably have been to a dr or institutionalized at some point. My friend was institutionalized as a late teen and actually blames some of her problems being institutionalized since she thinks she was more normal than the people with her.
My friend is actually an artistic, interesting, intelligent person but she is stuck between a rock and a hard place with meds vs. keeping creative vs. feeling not herself vs. going on a roller coaster ride. :/ I still feel she is somewhat responsible for her own actions, even if it's her brain making her that way.
They actually do that lol. I went to the hospital for suicidal depression and I had to sign a document with the number for my therapist and psychiatrist before they'd let me leave, and agree that I would continue to get help. For people who don't have a therapist already, the state provides one for them. Some of the more severe cases (people who have attacked others or have schizophrenia or any dangerous disorder) are given mandatory meetings with a social worker for a minimum of two months.
I don't think most people with mental disorders are institutionalized at some point, but some people with severe enough ones are. I know a hell of a lot of people who are worse off than I am and never end up getting help. The issue is that even when the state mandates things for these people... you can't possibly provide lifelong intensive babysitting for every nutty person in the country. Regardless of how fair it is or how much it helps/hinders them, everyone is ultimately responsible for their own actions. If you kill someone, they're still dead, even if you have multiple personality disorder and were raped and have daddy issues. If a grown person doesn't want to take their medication, and nobody is there to force them, ain't nothin the state can do either. All they can do is wait until the person either breaks the law or hurts themselves bad enough to wind up in the hospital again.