Tuesday, 26 July 2011

What of the systems which create illness and disability?

.There is an international financial crisis. The result of this is many
people will experience mental illness through going through the problems
of bad debt and face exclusion through bankruptcy. Many people will
become poorer and this is associated with reduced life expectancy,
reduced opportunities and other disadvantages. Recessions are associated
with an increase in the suicide rate through the mediating factor of
unemployment. Governments are forced to cut spending which also
contributes to a poorer quality of life for those on state welfare or
medical welfare (the UK has two systems of support, one for those
without established disabilities and one for those with established
disabilities). The effect of a recession is usually to increase the
amount of suffering and reduce life expectancy and make peoplementally
ill and poorer. (Yes, I reckon poverty is a disability).

Coercive laws in mental health are justified by the risk of homicide,
however there are people who have big salaries and nice offices who do
more harm to people. It's not just psychiatrists. It's bankers and
politicans too. The economy affects people's lives and livelihoods, and
when it fucks up it creates disability - poorer outcomes during the
period of recession which, for some, affect them negatively for life -
for many. Recessions also cause reduced life expectancy and death.

The bankers are not a subjugated people though. They do not have
centuries of stigma attached to their type. They hold power while the
mentally ill have little.

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