People with mental health problems can be treated awfully, discriminated against, exploited in jobs, exploited and abused in relationships..
Do you think there is a need to protect the human rights of the mentally ill and to stop predators who take advantage and abuse them? If so, what form would this law take? Is it important to you?
2006-09-18 18:51:48 · 12 answers · asked by dorcas_3210 3 in Health ➔ Mental Health
Absolutely! It should be 10 times as bad to clone, troll, hate mail, stalk, or report someone on here like me, Iris, Cyrus, or the other Kriss who suffers from anxiety alot & if I tell Customer Care that what they're doing makes me sick, they should automatically get suspended no matter if it's their 1st violation!
2006-09-18 18:53:34 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
There *are* laws to protect those people, and most of the time, it's the same laws that govern the rest of us.
However, it's so easy to blame an action on a mental health problem that we have to be careful that we're not giving in too easily. I used to work in a mental health hospital--two of them, actually--and some of the times, the people who had the mental health problems were the ones using and abusing relationships and other people.
In reference to being taken advantage of .. yes, it's wrong. However, it's just as unlawful to take advantage of or abuse a mentally ill person as it is to do the same to a mentally healthy person.
Most every employer nowadays is required to be an equal oppurtunity employer--in other words, no matter what the mental state of the person, as long as they can function at their job, they must be hired if they meet the qualifications. That doesn't always happen, but most of the time, the employer won't find out about any mental health issues until AFTER the person is hired.
In my line of work, I see more racial discrimitation than anything, because the way the person is different is blatantly obvious. No, I don't think it's right. However, the people who have mental health issues hide their problems during their initial hire, and that can become a problem later on.
At one of the hosptals where I worked, we had what you might call a "half-way house" unit. The people in there could get jobs, but they did have a curfew. However, since they weren't allowed to have cars, they had to work in the area, in the community. The businesses around the hospital knew better than to turn down an applicant without a valid reason (for example, one patient was turned down at a package delivery place because he did not meet the background check requirements, and another was turned down at a medical office for the same reason). It does happen, but, unfortunately, there is no way to catch it all the time, every time.
2006-09-18 18:59:53 · answer #2 · answered by Bachman-ette 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The mentally ill are a problem in relationships and jobs more than they are the object of abuse. How many suitors or employers are hoping to encounter the mentally ill?, I would guess next to none.
I think the saddest thing is all the mentally ill left to fend for themselves on the streets, started in the 80's. It's a hard life that is going to make their problems worse. Also it is a hassle and a danger for the rest of us.
I think the best thing for them is to be institutionalized and treated. And maybe a few of them can improve and go on to lead a better life.
2006-09-18 19:08:29 · answer #3 · answered by hankthecowdog 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There already are laws - judicial incompetence. If someone is adjudicated incompetent, no contract/negotation made by this person solely is legally binding. It is also the same for minors. If a 17 year old walks into a dealership and buys a car...and the dealership sells him the car outright, clear title....that person can cancel that contract even when he is 19, 20, because he made the contract when he was underage. The dealership can then be in danger of completely losing the car as they were neglegent in selling the minor (incompetent party) the property.
2006-09-18 18:56:37 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In Illinois we have a thing called rule 50 preventing abuse and neglect, don't know if this is in other states and we also have a place called OIG (Office of Inspector General) who investigate aligations of abuse and neglect in facilities...in the place I work these are strictly enforced.
2006-09-18 19:03:37 · answer #5 · answered by nosey girl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is laws protecting them.
2006-09-18 19:19:43 · answer #6 · answered by Victoria 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There already are laws in place.
2006-09-18 18:59:08 · answer #7 · answered by First Lady 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There shouldn't be, I beleive in survival of the fittest.
2006-09-18 19:13:53 · answer #8 · answered by bryan s 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
they already have that...for disability, whether it be mental or physical.
2006-09-18 18:53:38 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.bazelon.org/about/index.htm
2006-09-18 18:55:34 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋