{"id":58,"date":"2013-05-10T12:23:00","date_gmt":"2013-05-10T12:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lidaprypchan.org\/?p=58"},"modified":"2015-06-26T19:43:28","modified_gmt":"2015-06-26T19:43:28","slug":"attitudes-regarding-the-mentally-ill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lidaprypchan.org\/?p=58","title":{"rendered":"Attitudes Regarding the Mentally Ill"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By\u00a0Lida Prypchan<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Many of my master classes are given at the B\u00e1rbula Psychiatric Hospital. \u00a0When entering the psychiatric hospital the students already expected to see some of the mentally ill residing there asking for money. \u00a0The response is always laughter and giggles.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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There is a patient who usually comes up from the back or side and puts her arms around the person\u2019s neck before asking for money. \u00a0She is loving and kind, but students do not seem to understand this and for this reason a few days ago an unpleasant situation occurred. \u00a0The professor presenting that day had not yet arrived and consequently many students were outside of the room in the hall. \u00a0What surprised me was seeing the students desperately running into the lecture hall as if fleeing the sick woman. \u00a0Once inside, the previously tranquil atmosphere turned to excitement concerning this woman. \u00a0All she had done was what she did out of habit: \u00a0ask for money. \u00a0In the end, the response of the students was laughter, entertainment, fear and disgust. \u00a0Some reacted with fear, as if expecting that she was going to hit them. \u00a0Others went along, or joked with her or with their peers about her. \u00a0Most interesting was to see the reaction of each student upon her approach and await the reaction, whether they burst into laughter or said something to her. \u00a0A shouted exchange occurred between the spectators and the person being accosted with little importance attached to what the patient felt. \u00a0I admired the attitude of some who remained in place as if nothing had happened, as if a fellow human being was present.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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One might excuse this attitude because contact with the mentally ill was new for all of them and thus unusual, given the image we have about the mentally ill.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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It is understood that there is a lack of information, but what I wonder is this: Where is their humanity? Or is it that these patients do not feel the contempt and rejection of others? Is there something in the students that makes them forget another person\u2019s humanity when regarding the ill, who more than anyone, need understanding, love and acceptance?<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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What happens is that we have social barriers that those whom we call “crazy” don\u2019t have.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a0 By\u00a0Lida Prypchan Many of my master classes are given at the B\u00e1rbula Psychiatric Hospital. \u00a0When entering the psychiatric hospital the students already expected to see some of the mentally ill residing there asking for money. \u00a0The response is always laughter and giggles. There is a patient who usually comes up from the back or … <\/p>\n

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