How does assertive community treatment work?

by **Mike3335** » Fri Oct 14, 2016 4:50 pm

I was reading about it online on several pages but I was not able to find out how exactly the treatment team implements their treatment plan. How does it work from a ground level perspective?

All I could glean from lots of reading is that it's a large team that shares caseloads and they are available 24/7. I read much more than just that but I didn't get any specifics. Thank you for any info you can provide!

Forced psychiatry, also known as 'involuntary psychiatry', 'psychiatric commitment', 'involuntary treatment', 'forced treatment', 'assisted treatment', 'court ordered treatment', 'sectioning', 'psychiatric hold', is the forced imposition of psychiatric interventions upon an individual by the government, against the will of the person targeted. Forced psychiatry has a long and grisly history dating back a couple hundred years that most people are aware of, but today, in the modern era, this controversial government practice hides in the shadows. Behind the closed doors of psych wards, government mental health system workers carry out violent forced 'treatments' against the will of those that are undergoing mental and emotional crises. To add to the silence, the stigma of being labeled a 'mental patient' and the trauma from these horrific experiences at the hands of the system prevents more people speaking out and fighting for their rights. http://www.mindfreedom.org/mfi-faq/go/now

Ryan, member of MindFreedom, describing coercive psychiatry in Australia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkdaUWeausg

Still looking for the documentary where they followed a person subjected to this.

-- Mon Oct 24, 2016 5:41 pm --

I am going to post on the other forum I go to to see if anyone knows how to find it, I think the title was "Crazy" , I remember not liking the title and thinking they could have found a better name. I only saw the trailer but the film should be finished by now and I want to see it.

by **Copy_Cat** » Mon Oct 24, 2016 6:07 pm

“The psychiatrists believe I don’t know my own best interest after 42 years. It is just like I am a big idiot. I have tried antipsychotic medications for 15 years, so I should have some idea of what I am talking about. It’s like talking to deaf ears.”

“To be compelled to use depot medication in an indefinite time period is the worst of it, it takes away all my motivation and hope for the future. I have managed by using little medication, which I have administra “I have to use medicines whether I want to or not, but it will end up with more coercion and it will be more difficult if I am not willing to take the injection.”

Another participant said:

”That would have had consequences, and then they would come after me. Then there would be coercion.”ted on my own. I have managed fine. I can need an admission in life crises. I am being overmedicated, and that depot makes me unwell.”

How does assertive community treatment work?

How does assertive community treatment work?

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