@Simonro40611952 @harrietKay5 @andydalessio2 @jill_d35 @KellyMartin02 @Tracey11Higgins @kristina_ademi @psychetrick @psychotic_18 @ProfRobHoward @Angela_Mc_G There has to be a clear understanding of the harms to patients, without an understanding of that there is no basis to move forward. If those harms are not acknowledged, then nothing has been learned.
@Simonro40611952 @harrietKay5 @andydalessio2 @jill_d35 @KellyMartin02 @Tracey11Higgins @kristina_ademi @psychetrick @psychotic_18 @ProfRobHoward @Angela_Mc_G By that I mean the harms from being labelled as disordered, from being drugged, side effects, withdrawal symptoms, polydrugging, long term prescribing and from ECT (not my area of knowledge or experience).
@Simonro40611952 @harrietKay5 @andydalessio2 @jill_d35 @KellyMartin02 @Tracey11Higgins @kristina_ademi @psychetrick @psychotic_18 @ProfRobHoward @Angela_Mc_G The harms from restraint, being locked up, being treated in such an appalling manner, forcibly drugged / injected (this is not something I have been subjected to personally).
@Simonro40611952 @harrietKay5 @andydalessio2 @jill_d35 @KellyMartin02 @Tracey11Higgins @kristina_ademi @psychetrick @psychotic_18 @ProfRobHoward @Angela_Mc_G The rage felt by patients, at being deceived and manipulated, no informed consent, the rage felt when harm is denied, the horrendous consequences of this.
@Simonro40611952 @harrietKay5 @andydalessio2 @jill_d35 @KellyMartin02 @Tracey11Higgins @kristina_ademi @psychetrick @psychotic_18 @ProfRobHoward @Angela_Mc_G And so you come to the end of the road, traumatised, damaged, deceived, enraged, with no respect and no trust for the profession of psychiatry and also for many the medical profession as a whole.
@Simonro40611952 @harrietKay5 @andydalessio2 @jill_d35 @KellyMartin02 @Tracey11Higgins @kristina_ademi @psychetrick @psychotic_18 @ProfRobHoward @Angela_Mc_G And then it is demanded that you be polite, civil, respectful to this profession that is responsible for inflicting this harm.
@Simonro40611952 @harrietKay5 @andydalessio2 @jill_d35 @KellyMartin02 @Tracey11Higgins @kristina_ademi @psychetrick @psychotic_18 @ProfRobHoward @Angela_Mc_G That is my starting point .. and then you look at all the ways this harm can be prevented .. so many things that are wrong with psychiatry and the MH system.
@Simonro40611952 @harrietKay5 @andydalessio2 @jill_d35 @KellyMartin02 @Tracey11Higgins @kristina_ademi @psychetrick @psychotic_18 @ProfRobHoward @Angela_Mc_G It is clear that widespread Px is causing harm to many patients .. Px must be reduced, patients provided with support for withdrawal, specialist help for those suffering badly.
@Simonro40611952 @harrietKay5 @andydalessio2 @jill_d35 @KellyMartin02 @Tracey11Higgins @kristina_ademi @psychetrick @psychotic_18 @ProfRobHoward @Angela_Mc_G The debate about diagnostic labels is not one I engage in, except that being labelled ruined my life. Service users should debate those issues, not me.
@Simonro40611952 @harrietKay5 @andydalessio2 @jill_d35 @KellyMartin02 @Tracey11Higgins @kristina_ademi @psychetrick @psychotic_18 @ProfRobHoward @Angela_Mc_G The bottom line for me is if doctors of any specialty cannot be honest, cannot behave with integrity, then do not expect trust or respect, you have no right to expect it.
@Simonro40611952 @harrietKay5 @andydalessio2 @jill_d35 @KellyMartin02 @Tracey11Higgins @kristina_ademi @psychetrick @psychotic_18 @ProfRobHoward @Angela_Mc_G If there is no honesty and integrity, there is nothing.
@Simonro40611952 @harrietKay5 @andydalessio2 @jill_d35 @KellyMartin02 @Tracey11Higgins @kristina_ademi @psychetrick @psychotic_18 @ProfRobHoward @Angela_Mc_G Others will have different opinions, different ideas, different priorities.
@Simonro40611952 @harrietKay5 @andydalessio2 @jill_d35 @KellyMartin02 @Tracey11Higgins @kristina_ademi @psychetrick @psychotic_18 @ProfRobHoward @Angela_Mc_G Psychiatrists on Twitter praise the bravery of those with MH issues who bravely share their stories, they are blind to the bravery of harmed patients, they have no idea, no idea at all.
@Simonro40611952 @harrietKay5 @andydalessio2 @jill_d35 @KellyMartin02 @Tracey11Higgins @kristina_ademi @psychetrick @psychotic_18 @ProfRobHoward @Angela_Mc_G I very very rarely see any hint of understanding from Twitter psychiatrists that they begin to comprehend the harm they cause, it seems they are blind to what they do to their fellow human beings.
@Simonro40611952 @harrietKay5 @andydalessio2 @jill_d35 @KellyMartin02 @Tracey11Higgins @kristina_ademi @psychetrick @psychotic_18 @ProfRobHoward @Angela_Mc_G With their words, their actions, they inflict more pain and suffering, demonstrating their ignorance yet again of the harm they cause, and they have the gall to present themselves as "experts" in the field of MH.
@Simonro40611952 @harrietKay5 @andydalessio2 @jill_d35 @KellyMartin02 @Tracey11Higgins @kristina_ademi @psychetrick @psychotic_18 @ProfRobHoward @Angela_Mc_G If they cannot see the harm they cause and continue to cause more harm, how can there be any hope at all? Self awareness, insight .. where is it?
@Simonro40611952 @harrietKay5 @andydalessio2 @jill_d35 @KellyMartin02 @Tracey11Higgins @kristina_ademi @psychetrick @psychotic_18 @ProfRobHoward @Angela_Mc_G They all cite how terrible mental illness is, how dreadful it is to be depressed, they should try enduring years of torture from psych drug withdrawal (they don't have much interest in this), that is hell and torture beyond what most of us experience in MH issues.
