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<blockquote data-quote="Giulia" data-source="post: 524614" data-attributes="member: 14306"><p>MWM, we have excellent health care for certain things. But not for ADHD, or eating disorders, especially to adults.</p><p>I just want to remind, because it creates a debate in the US, that it's not a question of Social Security. Social Security is only a paying organization. They have nothing to say about what services a hospital ward has to provide or such. </p><p>It's a question of persons, not question of institution by itself. </p><p>The problem is the hospital I got my care have a lot of patients who ask care, but don't have much resource (so much more demand than they can provide). So in a certain way, they select their patients. </p><p>The medical criteria are well known. The biggest problem is that, from what I could see, this ward selects their patients based on "social usefulness", ie do they study or have gainful employment, do they live in a "good area" etc etc... But they won't say it. </p><p>I was in this ward for two years, and I saw the psychiatrist every 2-3 months. I am amazed that for a State service not sectorized (you normally don't have to live in a certain area to benefit from their services), I didn't see any patient of color (black or of North Africa). </p><p>And I repeat myself, not all hospitals are like that. I had been cared in hospital for other stuff, and I was not treated like that. </p><p></p><p>The most difficult is that I don't manage to forget what happened with that psychiatrist, how she treated me. </p><p>GP told me that if she were truly a medical doctor, she would remember that she she cannot act like that. </p><p>I wish for that psychiatrist to be punished for what she did and does. </p><p></p><p>The only way I found to start getting better is alerting an organization against racism and antisemitism. They replied to me that from what I've said, we can suspect racial discrimination for access to medical care in this ward. </p><p>This organization is currently surveying to know what to do after. </p><p>It makes me feel somehow better to know that this psychiatrist will be punished in a certain way for what she did. </p><p>At the moment, I cannot complain to the Medical board. On the paper, I can. But in the practice, this psychiatrist will tell to the other physicians that I am a mythoman, and the other physicians will very likely believe her. Then, it will make me even more in the heck, because it will jeopardize my possibility to get the medical care I need. </p><p>What a mess !!</p><p></p><p>I feel like I cannot do nothing more after what happened. Like I have to shut up because otherwise, I get more into trouble (no possibility to get medical care at all for ADHD). Like I am guilty for having been treated like that by a psychiatrist.</p><p>But I still keep a piece of hope for sorting out this situation. </p><p></p><p>I sometimes wish this psychiatrist to be treated like she treated me and she treats her patients. Heartless yes, but this is how I feel.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Giulia, post: 524614, member: 14306"] MWM, we have excellent health care for certain things. But not for ADHD, or eating disorders, especially to adults. I just want to remind, because it creates a debate in the US, that it's not a question of Social Security. Social Security is only a paying organization. They have nothing to say about what services a hospital ward has to provide or such. It's a question of persons, not question of institution by itself. The problem is the hospital I got my care have a lot of patients who ask care, but don't have much resource (so much more demand than they can provide). So in a certain way, they select their patients. The medical criteria are well known. The biggest problem is that, from what I could see, this ward selects their patients based on "social usefulness", ie do they study or have gainful employment, do they live in a "good area" etc etc... But they won't say it. I was in this ward for two years, and I saw the psychiatrist every 2-3 months. I am amazed that for a State service not sectorized (you normally don't have to live in a certain area to benefit from their services), I didn't see any patient of color (black or of North Africa). And I repeat myself, not all hospitals are like that. I had been cared in hospital for other stuff, and I was not treated like that. The most difficult is that I don't manage to forget what happened with that psychiatrist, how she treated me. GP told me that if she were truly a medical doctor, she would remember that she she cannot act like that. I wish for that psychiatrist to be punished for what she did and does. The only way I found to start getting better is alerting an organization against racism and antisemitism. They replied to me that from what I've said, we can suspect racial discrimination for access to medical care in this ward. This organization is currently surveying to know what to do after. It makes me feel somehow better to know that this psychiatrist will be punished in a certain way for what she did. At the moment, I cannot complain to the Medical board. On the paper, I can. But in the practice, this psychiatrist will tell to the other physicians that I am a mythoman, and the other physicians will very likely believe her. Then, it will make me even more in the heck, because it will jeopardize my possibility to get the medical care I need. What a mess !! I feel like I cannot do nothing more after what happened. Like I have to shut up because otherwise, I get more into trouble (no possibility to get medical care at all for ADHD). Like I am guilty for having been treated like that by a psychiatrist. But I still keep a piece of hope for sorting out this situation. I sometimes wish this psychiatrist to be treated like she treated me and she treats her patients. Heartless yes, but this is how I feel. [/QUOTE]
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