Problem
Abusive treatment of patients in psychiatric hospitals
Other Names:
Physical brutality in special care hospitals Nature:
Patients in psychiatric hospitals, particularly those committed for long terms have been abused in many ways. Patient's money is pilfered. They are neglected; hospital managers don't manage; senior physicians abdicate from care; senior nurses are rigid and fail to adopt modern methods of care and government agencies fail to inspect hospitals. Patients are physically and sexually abused. The physical surrounds are unpleasant. Activities are boring. Many lack adequate medical treatment and even sufficient food.
Incidence:
Staff of a UK special security hospital cited in 1992 numerous instances of deliberate and cruel abuse of patients, both mentally and physically. Brain-damaged patients were ridiculed and intimidated, others were tormented and insulted. Patient confidentiality and privacy was repeatedly breached.
Broader Problems:
Human violenceDenial of rights of patients suffering from mental illness Narrower Problems:
Mental crueltyElectroshock therapy Aggravates:
Psychological conflictDenial of the right to procreate to the severely mentally handicapped Strategies:
Exposing physical brutality in special care hospitalsUsing brutalityTreating patients in psychiatric hospitals Subject(s):
Health Care → CareHealth Care → Hospitals
Health Care → Psychiatry
Societal Problems → Maltreatment
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
D: Detailed problems Date of last update
04.10.2020 – 22:48 CEST