...mental health facilities break down into two categories. Those which are locked from the inside and those that are not. There are many different types but this is one of those dichotomies that pretty much gets it. Those facilities that are not locked from the inside cover a myriad of services and practices while those which are define a pretty specialized sort of facility.
For this week I am working at one of those facilities: a residential facility for children. Their maladies cover the entire spectrum of disorders and symptoms. To find oneself coated in the smell of industrial cleaner seems to add clarity and paradoxically obfuscation to the matter. What do we do with the mentally ill? This is a question that has plagued society since before we had a name for the term (besides being possessed). This remains an important question for society at large and the answer seems to be the same as many other inconveniences: containment. Unfortunately the kritik of this method is the same as that of many kritiks of other solutions for social problems. One simply creates or reinforces those behaviors which you seek to get rid of. The more I work in this field the more I convinced of its shortfalls. I hope something can be done. Write your congressman. Write anyone.
It is not a pleasant place to work.
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Uh, was your 'c' not working?
I like Germans.
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