I have made several complaints about my care. Here is some information about how to make a complaint and organisations that can help.
No one will believe you
‘Who is going to believe you?’ That’s what my step-mum used to tell me every single time she hurt me. Often with my face mashed against the wall…
Mental Health Stigma in India
Mental health stigma in India is the bane of our democracy. Due to job loss, ostracism, accusations of being a nuisance, stigma becomes internalized.
Being a Mental Health Patient
The nurse said he didn’t need my permission to share confidential information. He used the threat of a section as leverage: an abuse of professional power.
My Bipolar Journal – Entry 1
For the first time, I’ve been administered medication in the morning in conjunction with my bedtime meds. This is making me somewhat hazy.
Enduring schizophrenia
Mental health problems have plagued and blighted me since I went to university in 1982. The diagnosis by psychiatrists is that I’m enduring schizophrenia.
Abuse of psychiatry in South India
Let one dog die on the roadside and you have the entire country howling about it. Dogs have their human rights but we don’t.
My love/hate relationship with the NHS
I want to make a difference. I can’t stand the thought that people are being let down in the same way that I have been, and continue to be, let down!
Between a Rock and a Hard Place
in 2005, I became so ill that I checked myself into a long-term mental health facility. But the staff said Dissociative Identity Disorder did not exist.
Psychiatric medications and the myths surrounding them
Psychological tools are a big help in coping. But many people do need medication to lead a normal day-to-day life. It can play a big part in your recovery.
How childhood traumas can cause mental health issues
I was broken as a child, and my mind was scarred. I had lost my siblings, my mother, and my father. I experienced abuse and neglect.
Rejected and/or “kicked-out” of treatment
At the E&R, I was taken into a room and told I was no longer welcome. No plan was in place – no doctor, no meds, no treatment.