Who's actually the insane one? The patients in the psychiatric hospital or the ones running the hospitals?

Question

I had a younger cousin who was in one and I felt he didn't belong there in the first place.

Answer 1

If you're asking if people running psychiatric hospitals are schizophrenic or suffering from a psychotic disorder, the answer is typically no - it's very hard to function as a professional in a professional field with a very severe mental illness.

However, there are, of course, people who run and work in psychiatric hospitals who also have their own problems. Depression and anxiety are *extraordinarily* common in today's society, and the people who work in these hospitals are ordinary people who are susceptible to different problems themselves. This doesn't mean that they are any less capable of helping patients - in fact, people who have experienced their own struggles may be more empathic and understanding.

Also, insanity is a legal term. The mental health profession doesn't refer to people as insane, but as mentally ill.

Answer 2

First, you must realize that many in the psyciatric profession study it in the first place to find out why they are so messed up themselves.

Another caveat is that those in the profession only listen to others in the profession. This becomes a huge factor when it comes to the concept of Mind Control being used coercively by abusers; there is still a great amount of denial regarding this. For example, if someone such as a government whistle-blower starts hearing voices, the psychiatrist's knee-jerk reaction is to diagnose some form of schitozoprhenia when in reality the voices may actually be caused by voice to skull technology in the hands of criminals, something that most shrinks are completely unaware.

The US Army website reports on voice to skull devices:

Nonlethal weapon which inlcudes (1) a neuro-electromagnetic device which uses microwave transmission of sound into the skull of persons or animals by way of pulse-modulated microwave radiation; and (2) a silent sound device which can transmit sound into the skull of person or animals. NOTE: The sound modulation may be voice or audio subliminal messages. One application of V2K is use as an electronic scarecrow to frighten birds in the vicinity of airports.
-- http://call.army.mil/products/thesaur/00016275.htm

There are also chemical compounds such as taraxein that a criminal can give someone to make them have psychotic episodes. Blood screening for the specific toxins may not report the agents as foreign, instead being generated naturally by the person instead.

While these may be rare cases with the majority of those diagnosed indeed suffering from a real psychiatric disorder, the shrinks are still going to refer to (and only to) the DSM text they have when it comes to trying to figure out what is wrong with the person. Most of them will never even contemplate that there could be some subversive coercion occuring that would cause the same mental state.

Answer 3

there are often idiots working in the psych units---and the people running the hospitals are only(ONLY) concerned with money. They will keep a patient until the insurance runs out if they are allowed to do so. This filters down to the Dr's taking care of the pts. And yes there are a lot of children and teens in psych units who shouldn't be there.

Answer 4

That happens, but few are institutionalized anymore, since the deinstitutionalization movement in the late 70's and 80's. The people who are running the hospitals aren't "crazy" they are typically, in my experience, overworked and have little funding. And, most of the people there have legitimate problems, most are suicidal and are legitimate threats to themselves. Usually, those who are there and don't need to be won't be there long. Most people who need to be there don't have the insurance coverage for long stays in the first place.

Answer 5

Sometimes the people working there can really help individuals if those individuals need the help to begin with. However, sometimes you'll find that the psychiatrists enter that field because they are themselves searching for answers to their own personal problems. It's always fascinating to gain insight into the human condition.

Answer 6

i don't know..they're both pretty insane lol