notanothermonday
Padawan Learner
The following article is disturbing in its possible implications. Especially the first paragraph.
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Mental health professionals complain their hands are tied in two ways when they try to help people like Virginia Tech gunman Cho Seung-Hui -- a lack of funding for mental health services in general, and laws that makes it tough to treat people against their will.
http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSN1944150620070420
If they begin to talk about repealing the laws that make it difficult to treat people against their wills it plays into the potential for a great amount of abuse of power. I lack confidence in those who may decide who needs treatment against their will.
another quote:
"Unfortunately, we live in a society that says as long as you are not a danger to yourself or someone else you can be as psychotic as you want to be," Taylor said.
Apparently this is not true as is witnessed by those in power. They are allowed to be as psychotic as they want to be while continuing to be a danger to others. Not only that they are allowed to be a danger to others and profiting as a result of their psychotic behaviour. Can you imagine these people being put in charge of detrmining who needs to be forced into mental treatment. It is like putting the fox in charge of the hen house.
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Mental health professionals complain their hands are tied in two ways when they try to help people like Virginia Tech gunman Cho Seung-Hui -- a lack of funding for mental health services in general, and laws that makes it tough to treat people against their will.
http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSN1944150620070420
If they begin to talk about repealing the laws that make it difficult to treat people against their wills it plays into the potential for a great amount of abuse of power. I lack confidence in those who may decide who needs treatment against their will.
another quote:
"Unfortunately, we live in a society that says as long as you are not a danger to yourself or someone else you can be as psychotic as you want to be," Taylor said.
Apparently this is not true as is witnessed by those in power. They are allowed to be as psychotic as they want to be while continuing to be a danger to others. Not only that they are allowed to be a danger to others and profiting as a result of their psychotic behaviour. Can you imagine these people being put in charge of detrmining who needs to be forced into mental treatment. It is like putting the fox in charge of the hen house.
