Is the psychiatrist-patient relationship based entirely on control?
I don’t think so.
It’s all about getting paid, the helping people is secondary.
In the hospital, that’s where it seems more about control.
I dont think so also.
In my case he is a pretty cool guy, and it is the state that pays him not me, so I don’t feel controled, rather well taken care of actually
The Doctor-Patient relationship is based on control - gaining control over your symptoms.
The doctor prescribes medications and the patient either takes it or doesnt.
The whole idea of psychiatry is based on chemical control.
Thank-you. Mental health act etc.
Some patients with SZ deserve to go untreated. I feel like such a patient, but no one else accepts that within my community - certainly not my county case worker or psychiatrist.
So, I’ll figure out a way to conquer the lame-duck medication I have to take + SZ. I guess I just have to deal with the fact that I was handed a crass hand in life… Conquer it all.
It’s a sacrafice for me to have to take the medication, but according to the big fear, “the negatives”, which I’ve certainly had in spades in the past, its a definite necessity. Sure, it cuts my creativity to some degree, but at least I can function on a level I guess, for me anyway.