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Monthly Archives: February 2012
How to Complain: About CPEP
Today’s mail brought this message from Ms R: “I would like to learn how to complain. My child and I had a three-day ordeal with Stonybrook CPEP, Long Island, NY, in which I am trying to draft a letter to send … Continue reading
Posted in Benjamin Rush Center, Community General Hospital, CPEP, Hutchings Psychiatric Center, Inpatient psychiatry, NYS Office of Mental Health, patient, physician, psychiatric patient, psychiatrist, psychiatry, St. Joseph's Hospital, Upstate Medical Center
Tagged advocacy, complain, complaint, Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program, CPEP, Dept. of Education, Dept. of Health, doctor, Emergency psychiatry, hospital, Hutchings Psychiatric Center, inpatient psychiatry, insurance company, Long Island, Medicaid, Medicare, Mental disorder, mental illness, NYS Commission on Quality of Care, NYS Office of Mental Health, Office of Professional Medical Conduct, OPMC, PAIMI, Patient, physician, Protection and advocacy, psychiatric emergency, psychiatric hospital, psychiatric patient, psychiatrist, St. Joseph's Hospital, Upstate Medical Center
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How to Complain: PAIMI and the MHLS
So, for starters, agencies that have PAIMI (Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness) should change their policy so that anyone can refer a mentally ill person for protection. The lawyer can take the information from anyone, then go find the mentally … Continue reading
Posted in CPEP, Hutchings Psychiatric Center, Inpatient psychiatry, patient, psychiatric patient, psychiatrist, psychiatry
Tagged advocacy, attorney, clinically incompetent, competency, complain, complaint, Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program, CPEP, Diagnosis, doctor, Dr. Jane Kou, Hutchings Psychiatric Center, inpatient, inpatient psychiatry, law, lawyer, legally incompetent, Mental disorder, Mental Hygiene Legal Service, mental illness, MHLS, NYS Mental Hygiene Law, PAIMI, Patient, power, protection, Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness, psychiatric hospital, psychiatric patient, psychiatrist, Psychiatry
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How to Complain: Family and PAIMI
I’ve learned an awful lot about how to file complaints and what it all comes up to is finding and filing with the government agency that has oversight over whoever is screwing with you. I only have found one instance … Continue reading
Posted in mental illness, psychiatry
Tagged abuse, advocacy, antidepressants, complain, complaint, depression, estrangement, family, government, maltreatment, Mental disorder, mental health, mental illness, mistreatment, PAIMI, Patient, protection, Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness, Psychiatry, scapegoat
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How to Complain: Pride of Person
There are two directions to go in filing an effective complaint. One is to follow the money and the other is to follow the licensure path. In short, threaten the abusive person’s livelihood. That gets their attention real fast. In … Continue reading
Posted in mental health, mental illness, patient, psychiatric patient
Tagged abuse, complain, complaint, degradation, God, humiliation, injury, maltreatment, management, Mental disorder, mental health, mental illness, mistreatment, pain, Patient, person, power, pride, psychiatric diagnosis, psychiatric patient, Psychiatry, self-respect, supervisor
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How to Complain: An Introduction
Last night I had a phone call from a fellow who had just discovered my blog. He was frustrated and overflowing with stories of the abuse he’s suffered at the hands of the psychiatric system. He also was off on … Continue reading
Posted in mental health, mental illness, patient, psychiatric patient
Tagged abuse, boundaries, civil rights, complaint, courtesy, CQC, degraded, doctor, God, humiliated, maltreatment, Medicine, Mental disorder, mental health, mental illness, OPMC, PAIMI, Patient, physically damaged, physician, power, psychiatric abuse, psychiatric patient, Psychiatry, push back, respect, self-respect, valuable, worthy
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Empathic Therapy Conference 2012
Dr. Peter Breggin’s Center for the Study of Empathic Therapy, Education and Living In partnership with ICSPP.org: International Counselors, Social Workers, Psychiatrists and Psychologists Presents The Empathic Therapy Conference 2012: The Power of Empathic Relationship with Critiques of Biological Psychiatry … Continue reading
Posted in depression, doctor, drugs, mental health, mental illness, patient, physician, psychiatric patient, psychiatrist, psychiatry
Tagged anger, Antidepressant, Bipolar disorder, depression, Diagnosis, doctor, drugs, empathic, medication, Medicine, Mental disorder, mental health, mental illness, Patient, Peter Breggin, pharmaceuticals, physician, psychiatric patient, psychiatrist, Psychiatry, psychologist, Richard Gottlieb, schizophrenia, Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor, Syracuse, therapist, therapy
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February, and My Hero
Sometimes I just get tired. The entire month of February, for example. I have good ideas, know I should share them, but it’s just too much work. Especially in February. On Tuesday I discovered that my tulips and daffodils are … Continue reading
Posted in doctor, drugs, patient, physician, St. Joseph's Hospital
Tagged catheter, Chronic kidney disease, doctor, Dr. James Tucker, drugs, February, GFR, God, Health, hero, hospital, Kidney, lithium, medication, Medicine, Patient, pharmaceuticals, physician, Renal function, St. Joseph's Hospital
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Charting on the Doctor
A woman whose son is being treated for schizophrenia is keeping a journal of all her son’s treatment. She notes the drugs, the dosages, and when they are changed. She also records the doctor’s comments. I hope she’s also recording her … Continue reading
Posted in doctor, drugs, physician, psychiatrist
Tagged chart, doctor, Drug, drugs, lithium, malpractice, Medical record, medication, Medicine, Patient, physician, schizophrenia
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