(no subject)

[atrypical.livejournal.com]

All right, so we go to a psychiatrist, named Dr. C.

Dr. C saw my friend and his mom for a time. My friend is also multiple.

Dr. C told my friend's mom that he should be locked up because of the voices in his head.

What should we do? We don't want to not tell her, but we also don't want to be told that we should be locked up.

Any suggestions?

Please also keep in mind that the body is a 16 year old female...

Comments

[pengke.livejournal.com]

That has more to do with how health care is funded than with the quality of the country/care. It's pretty easy to hospitalise someone if they have a liberal insurance policy or if they're rich enough to pay for themselves. For the majority, it's closer to your experience.

[luwana.livejournal.com]

Hrm. It certainly seems to have something to do with the *morals* of the system. Locking somebody up just because you can is a bit 'tarded, as well as outright sick.

[luwana.livejournal.com]

Yeah I tried to specially word what I was saying to avoid that in particular, because I know that having the option of committing yourself isn't strictly speaking a bad thing.

I was more speaking of how crap it is that if parents have too much money they can just lock their kids up. *that* is sick I think :(