Inside Broadmoor

This was on TV just yesterday (Monday, 7th October 2013) and the comments that people made about those with schizophrenia was so sad I had to end my contribution to the discussion. Have we really reached 2013 and people still think that chaining people to a chair or bed, pumping people full of drugs until they are senseless, and locking them up forever is the best treatment?

And to add to this, today I saw a campaign on Change.org -
https://www.change.org/en-GB/petitions/thesunnewspaper

Yes, we are in 2013 and mental illness is being sensationalised in the media, still misrepresented and still feared by many. [Sigh]. Why?

I don't have answers just more questions. Like how do I treat those that I meet who tell me about their struggles with mental health issues? How do I respond? Am I open to hearing their stories? Or do I visibly back off and away? Do I name-call?

I guess, this entire issue confronts us and challenges us to think about our own behaviours and attitudes. And I am thinking on it... are you?

@TheSunNewspaper: Correct the sensationalism in your mental illness story and donate the profits from it