Strangeways on TV, anyone seen it?? MH in prisons

[Spork.]

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Originally Posted by singing_in_the_rain

why did it take weeks for an assessment to happen??

This would not happen in the community, I am so shocked by this.

I feel guilty for the help i recieve, when much MUCH iller people, like those in prison, are not getting it.

I'm sorry to point this out but this DOES happen in the community. Very very often. I'm not sure where you are but it seems like there's a good mental health set up in your area.

I don't have a support system here. If I committed a crime because of my mental health problems I wouldn't expect soft arse treatment. Except in EXTREME cases people are still making these choices.

[Tig]

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Originally Posted by Stop! Hammer Time

To my knowledge of forensic psychiatry - if someone had a severe mental illness & were a danger within a sense of the law (as in, breaking the law & would have to go to prison but it wouldn't be appropiate), they would be placed in a secure hospital/unit as it would be more appropiate for their mental health needs.

Thankfully he was transferred at the end of the show. I think they had to wait for a psychiatric assessment outside the prison and then he was moved :)

[Foxtrot Oscar]

[quote=Spork.;2823417]I'm sorry to point this out but this DOES happen in the community. Very very often. I'm not sure where you are but it seems like there's a good mental health set up in your area.
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Yeap. This is what I was going to say. For myriad of reasons the neglect of those who are mentally ill by mental health services in the community does happen.

[Folie.]

It really annoyed me that they thought that that man was faking it the whole time, and didn't get him assessed for a very long time. It was clear he was suffering from some sort of mental illness, and the way he was dismissed was awful to watch.

[Cacoethes]

i saw this.
i was so pissed off
you could tell, even from tv that he wasnt well, you cant fake not sleeping, eventually exhaustion would take over and you would have to sleep, if you had a serious MI it wouldnt register or something like that
its sad. very sad

[Soviette]

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Originally Posted by singing_in_the_rain

I feel guilty for the help i recieve, when much MUCH iller people, like those in prison, are not getting it. I don't know how to deal with that. If I were in prison, I would be told I had no mental health probelms, that I was 'just' a self harmer. Sorry, cant get my head around all of this!!

Anyone else watched? Views?

This is going to sound extremely cold, but I don't think you should particularly care that you get better help than those in prison. They're the ones, 9/10 times, who have willingly commit crimes and caused other people misery and pain, possibly even loss. The ones who commit offences down to serious mental illness are put in secure facilities, not normal prisons. It's obvious there are some mental health issues amongst prisoners, but what can you expect? Some of them are being banged up in them hellholes for numerous years, locked with other potentially dangerous people. If I went to prison, I'd be the same way, hell I'm like it now.