Originally posted by: mayasundar
Hi Krishy,[/DIV]
I am not in the medical field but I have seen my neighbors son admitted in the hospital for treatment but that too after two years they tried all types of medication, therapy and rituals when nothing worked they admitted him after six years he came back home normal but the stigma of him being mental did not leave him and two years later he committed suicide
I was wondering here they did not give her any therapy treatments just some medications and now they want her to be admitted I always thought that is the last step in treating patient with mental illness when everything else fails just like surrogacy is the last step when all the treatments for infertility fails please let me know if this is correct I know for drama sake they are once again going to kill medical profession but I wanted to know is this the only step for patient with mental illness
I'm conveniently on my psychiatry rotation right now, but my perspective is from the US. Uttara can give a better view of the Indian perspective.
Here if a patient is severely psychotic (hallucinations, delusions, etc), in a severe manic episode, or has suicidal or homicidal ideal or intent...they are sent to an inpatient facility. Here they receive a mix of medications (not sedation) like anti-psychotics to help stabilize them. They are only given sedation if they are uncontrollable or pose an immediate threat. Patients are usually only inpatient for a week or so, and are connected to both a psychiatrist & therapist upon discharge.
If a patient has tried many avenues & treatments and still cannot control the symptoms, than an assisted living type facility is considered, but this is rarely an ideal.
There is a horrible stigma for people suffering from mental health ailments, but these diseases are just that diseases due to body imbalances. Desi shows unfortunately perpetuate the negative sterotypes from the example of using Adi's depression as the onus of the child swap & now...where it's a negative thing to get Ishita the treatment she direly needs. (I think she is suffering a brief psychotic disorder, depression with psychotic features, or substances induced psychosis...all of which can be managed).
I'm so sorry to hear about your neighbor's son. Stories like that are why we need better light shed on the mental health field & why we need to destigmatize people who suffer mental health issues.
(I hope I didn't bore anyone too much with my lecture - just using this as a teaching moment! 😃)
Edited by -K.13- - 9 years ago
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