tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post4116661250170129578..comments2024-03-18T03:28:36.581-04:00Comments on Shrink Rap: What I Learned: Part 3Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-86413467453220535672010-10-25T11:54:52.219-04:002010-10-25T11:54:52.219-04:00RE disrobing: it could be a question of directing ...RE disrobing: it could be a question of directing ones natural sadism at those who are most vulnerable. Sure. <br /><br />Another explanation is that people who are not mentally ill are easier for ED staff to “read.” If you are clearly lucid and not drunk or angry, there with a clearly physical injury, ED staff may be most likely to ask you to disrobe to check you for weapons if your injury is a gunshot wound. If your injury is a twisted ankle from skiing, less likely. <br /><br />If you aren’t lucid it might be harder for ED staff to tell whether you are likely to be carrying a weapon. They might be perfectly aware that the overall odds are the same as for someone without a mental illness but have less intuition about whether <i>you in particular</i> are (or are not) likely to be armed. <br /><br />Again, if you are in the ED because you have attempted to kill yourself or are threatening to kill yourself, it makes sense that they would want to be sure you weren’t going to be killing yourself in the ED. <br /><br />If there are legitimate reasons for more intrusive intake procedures for people with mental illnesses in the ED, that is all the more reason for them to be handled with tact and with the greatest effort to ensure that the patient feels safe and secure. (If there aren’t legitimate reasons, by all means stop the practice.)Alison Cumminshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06370841996857073237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-41750430735590371062010-10-25T07:14:30.621-04:002010-10-25T07:14:30.621-04:00""The second speaker gave a great presen...""The second speaker gave a great presentation about patient privacy rights in the emergency department. He presented literature that psychiatric patients get disrobed and searched in the emergency department twice as often as medical patients, although both patients are equally likely to bring weapons into the department (about 14% of all ED patients are found with weapons""<br /><br />It sounds like an issue of blatant discrimination to me against a group of people that everyone knows will most likely not fight back.<br /><br />Let's say a minority group had the same statistics regarding found weapons. There would be an outrage of discrimination. <br /><br />Obviously, people bringing weapons into ERs is not an issue that you can just ignore. But when people like anonymous end up spending two days in a gown and who are victims of sexual abuse, something is very wrong with this picture.<br /><br />There has got to be some solution that doesn't end up making criminals out of everyone and further traumatizing people like anonymous. Yeah, that will make him/her want to get help in the future. Yes, I am being sarcastic.<br /><br />What is psychiatry doing about this? You all keep talking about preventing stigmatization but I see no one speaking out against this.<br /><br />Sorry, I didn't mean for this to be a rant but when I see a post like one from anonymous, this really upsets me. I haven't even had this experience (thank god) and it outrages me.<br /><br />AAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-1164480214079492272010-10-24T17:00:06.945-04:002010-10-24T17:00:06.945-04:00Interesting statistic about "disrobing" ...Interesting statistic about "disrobing" psych patients in the ER. I've experienced this multiple times, including once when they kept my clothes and made me stay in a "gown" for two days. Having experienced sexual abuse, it's quite traumatic to have a body cavity search done because I'm depressed!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-79620510407254704232010-10-24T10:44:28.987-04:002010-10-24T10:44:28.987-04:00Thank you very much for the reports!Thank you very much for the reports!zozzylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01583940756520770218noreply@blogger.com