"My stay in hospital, some 15 years ago
is with me still – I've yet to go back to a psychiatric hospital for treatment.
Even though I still receive treatment for my condition..." [read this ex-patient's perspective]
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"I have observed the
familiar behaviour, often quite aggressive and sexually explicit, of male
patients to female patients. Women in these circumstances are particularly
vulnerable and at risk of unwanted pregnancies, infections and overall physical
abuse. This is not to say that male patients are not at risk from female patients
who make sexual advances to them. Families of either sex who are trying to
cope with the existing situations do not need the further burden of such entanglements.
Parents, children, husbands and wives of patients need to know that their
loved ones will not have to face problems which may arise..."
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"Early this year, I accompanied a friend to visit a man - a voluntary inpatient at a private psychiatric clinic, where all patients had single rooms but no segregation of areas according to gender.
During the visit (in a communal garden area,
open to all patients at the same time), the man, (patient, in his 50's), pointed
out a young women (20 something), saying he had plans to "get off" with her,
explaining that he had already made overtures and was on a "sure thing"..."
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Female Only Psychiatric Wards Group
P O Box 1225, Kensington,
Victoria 3031 Australia,
Telephone (mobile) 0404 145 364 (international) +61 404 145 364
Email fopwg@vicnet.net.au
Website http://home.vicnet.net.au/~fopwg/
