Visiting a Psych Ward as a Guest after Having Been a Patient
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English - November 26, 2018 11:00 - 28 minutes - 52.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 247 ratingsPersonal Journals Society & Culture Health & Fitness Mental Health bipolar mental anxiety bipolardisorder depression mentalhealth mentalillness Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
For many people living with mental illness, being committed to a psychiatric hospital is one of our deepest fears. Even people who aren’t mentally ill fear psychiatric hospitals – something that is on public display during Halloween.
Recently, Michelle had to take a friend to the hospital because of her friend’s thoughts of suicide. This was the first time Michelle had experienced the mental health system from any viewpoint other than that of a patient. In this episode, she describes everything she experienced and how it made her feel.
Our hosts, Gabe & Michelle, have discussed their experiences as patients in a previous episode titled Ep 6: Were You Ever in a Psych Ward? WE WERE! Stories from a Bipolar and a Schizophrenic. But they’ve never discussed what it was like the first time they visited a psych ward as a guest, advocate, or as someone who wasn‘t a patient.
Listen to this episode of A Bipolar, a Schizophrenic, and a Podcast to learn more.
Highlights from ‘Psych Ward’ Episode
[2:00] Michelle shares a story about taking her friend to a psychiatric hospital
[4:00] Specific things that triggered Michelle while at the psychiatric hospital
[6:00] Gabe’s experience visiting a psych ward
[10:00] Frustrations and experiences with psychiatric hospitals
[14:00] Michelle's most triggering experience
[20:00] Discussing the problems with mental health care