tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post7952347724932240870..comments2024-03-28T16:59:30.099+00:00Comments on Ambush Predator: The Results Of The Investigation, However, Certainly Were…JuliaMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-66401359211631033772010-10-09T10:13:24.438+01:002010-10-09T10:13:24.438+01:00I'm with Melvin on this one. Admitting this w...I'm with Melvin on this one. Admitting this will no doubt get me re-housed soon, well away from ...<br />I suspect not much has changed over the years and remember even people trying to get themselves sectioned being turned away to kill or commit suicide 30 years ago.<br />The rhetoric of 'not our fault gov' Julai exposes here adds insult to injury.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-73089513637438892232010-10-09T06:33:21.699+01:002010-10-09T06:33:21.699+01:00"marvellous summative point there"
It ...<i>"marvellous summative point there"</i> <br /><br />It would really be nice to think they'd take the same risks as they expect everyone else to take, wouldn't it?<br /><br /><i>"So everyone has to wait til he goes off the deep end and does something (potentially fatal), gets arrested, and then he's sectioned."</i> <br /><br />*sigh* It's a never ending merry-go-round. Some of the mental health blogs have had equally hair-raising stories. I don't know how they stay sane themselves!<br /><br /><i>"The only good thing I can see is that the law has recently changed, and anyone sectioned now can be much more simply re-sectioned if they refuse to take their meds. This law only came in earlier this year, so HOPEFULLY cases like this one will be less likely in the future."</i> <br /><br />I'd hope so, but I can't help but think it'll be used against other targets first!JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-27067086847396114012010-10-08T14:25:13.185+01:002010-10-08T14:25:13.185+01:00Our government has wrestled with three alternate s...Our government has wrestled with three alternate solutions to the problem of criminals and psychos. The current choice is between ending many miserable lives humanely or housing these groups well away from decent politicians, bankers, lawyers and public servants. <br /><br />Locking them up at an unjustifiable expense was always a non-starter.MTGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-87598469931288027332010-10-08T13:37:39.431+01:002010-10-08T13:37:39.431+01:00A good female friend of mine's ex boyfriend is...A good female friend of mine's ex boyfriend is pretty much the mirror image of this Frankum guy. Manic depressive, which schizoid tendancies. Smokes loads of dope too. Not too bad when he's on the medication, but a right loon when he stops taking it. In my time of knowing him (10+ years) he's been in and out of mental institutions loads of times. <br /><br />Every time it the same - he stops taking his meds and slowly gets more and more nuts. Thinks the world is ending, and only he can save us all. King Arthur is often involved. Hears voices and sees people. All the people who are close to him (my friend (his ex GF) and his sister) pick up straight away and tell his CPN. Who says 'We can't do anything to section him again until he goes completely nuts, because he's clever enough to fool an independent psychiatrist in the early stages of the psychosis.'<br /><br />So everyone has to wait til he goes off the deep end and does something (potentially fatal), gets arrested, and then he's sectioned. Stays in for whatever time (sometimes years), they medicate him, stabilise him and eventually shove him back out into the 'community'. Where he gets back into bad ways (drugs/alcohol), stops taking the meds again, and the cycle repeats.<br /><br />The entire Mental Health system is run for the benefit of the people running it, not the mentally ill. If they can palm some poor unfortunate off onto someone else's patch, they will.<br /><br />The only good thing I can see is that the law has recently changed, and anyone sectioned now can be much more simply re-sectioned if they refuse to take their meds. This law only came in earlier this year, so HOPEFULLY cases like this one will be less likely in the future.Jimnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-84839756601055395392010-10-08T12:04:13.583+01:002010-10-08T12:04:13.583+01:00marvellous summative point there, seconded!marvellous summative point there, seconded!Indyanhathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07974285525646225459noreply@blogger.com