“People brought in for a brief examination for possible commitment—even if they ultimately don’t get committed—are frequently immediately kicked out of their room in a nursing home, mental-health group home, or other site operated by local social services. Basically, many people who are detained instantly become homeless.” Wow, man. As homelessness is increasingly criminalized and facilities are built to incarcerate surplus humanity (that which does not generate profit for the Epstein class), not getting committed will more and more mean getting committed to someplace else at least as bad, I guess.
“Many reported that they were not able or not allowed to attend their own commitment hearings, and some said they didn’t even get hearings. Some were so heavily medicated against their will that they could not stay awake for their own hearings” - so gross. Kind of sums up the concept of mental patients' "rights" as the bitter joke that it is. Of course, "rights" are now being exposed as something that was only ever meant to serve the ruling class.
Most people who don’t have experience working in the system, or who have never had people they care about in the system, or have not themselves been in the system, might think “the right treatment, at the right time, in the right place” sounds just wonderful, as well as tailored to best support an individual. But it’s actually “the treatment the on-shift staff prefers regardless of the preferences of the individual ‘receiving treatment’, when THEY think it’s best (maybe a 24 hour hold, maybe.
a 28 day hold), and where the system has an empty bed
“People brought in for a brief examination for possible commitment—even if they ultimately don’t get committed—are frequently immediately kicked out of their room in a nursing home, mental-health group home, or other site operated by local social services. Basically, many people who are detained instantly become homeless.” Wow, man. As homelessness is increasingly criminalized and facilities are built to incarcerate surplus humanity (that which does not generate profit for the Epstein class), not getting committed will more and more mean getting committed to someplace else at least as bad, I guess.
“Many reported that they were not able or not allowed to attend their own commitment hearings, and some said they didn’t even get hearings. Some were so heavily medicated against their will that they could not stay awake for their own hearings” - so gross. Kind of sums up the concept of mental patients' "rights" as the bitter joke that it is. Of course, "rights" are now being exposed as something that was only ever meant to serve the ruling class.
Most people who don’t have experience working in the system, or who have never had people they care about in the system, or have not themselves been in the system, might think “the right treatment, at the right time, in the right place” sounds just wonderful, as well as tailored to best support an individual. But it’s actually “the treatment the on-shift staff prefers regardless of the preferences of the individual ‘receiving treatment’, when THEY think it’s best (maybe a 24 hour hold, maybe.
a 28 day hold), and where the system has an empty bed
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