15—Professional Feedback On Series

April 2004
The House Supervisor From a High Profile Inpatient Behavior Hospital Writes….

HEAR HEAR! I just read the site you gave me- it is EXCELLENT and what I am always preaching. One point that you missed however is this:

Where does staff indifference and intolerance and frustration come from?

• 1--FEAR

• 2--IGNORANCE

I have been an RN for over 24 years and have observed the horrendous way that people who are suffering from mental illness are treated. I have also observed compassionate and caring professionals who are not judgmental in their treatment of people who have addiction or mental health issues.

What makes the difference?

These professionals do not have an "us and them" mentality. These professionals do not have the "god Complex". They realize they are only instruments to help people heal themselves. They do their best and leave the rest up to God and the individual. They don't take it personally when people don't get as well as "they" think they "should".

If there is any way I can help, you are singing my song, you are preaching on my soap box. That is the main reason I want to be a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner. I see people over medicated, under medicated and I JUST DO NOT BELIEVE that medication is the TOTAL ANSWER. Yes, there ARE DEFINITELY brain chemistry imbalances, medications can help some with that, at least getting the person cleared so they can learn more coping skills, do some inventory and take advantage of tools like CBT or DBT. G.K.

Editor’s Note: CBT = Cognitive Behavioral Treatment & DBT = Dialectical Behavior Treatment

I've found your site enormously helpful. I work in a one to one situation with a 14 year old who has been diagnosed BPD [Borderline Personality Disorder]. I am this girls' team leader and so I'm searching the net for some info about BPD so that I may best help my client. I appreciate that you must be snowed under with responses to your site and so I'll understand if you can't respond, however, if you have time I wonder if you could help me.

I'm looking specifically for information about a therapeutic approach to working with adolescents with BPD. I've found all the info about diagnosis and characteristics extremely interesting, now I'd like some more information about treatment. Thank you.

Jen Slade

http://www.toddlertime.com/borderline/alliance.htm

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