I’m kinda on risk for being put into one, so I kinda wanted to learn some stuff about how is it inside those. I think my biggest fear there is boredoom. Like, will I be able to videocall friends and/or listen to music there? Will my mp3 player/portable chinese retro emulator/phone/any eletronic be confiscated there?
Brazil, by the way.
CAPS (our psych ward) is mysterious as fuck, never seen anyone comment anything on it and there aren’t any pictures on their insides. I hate this.
All the descriptions I’ve seen so far sound very much like my sister’s experience in eastern USA. I feel like there’s no info here to say whether it’s the same in Brazil or wildly different.
If it was me looking for the info I’d ask the question again in Portuguese
Here is the thing. CAPS (our psych ward here) is hiding A LOT.
Google “psych ward routine” in English. You’ll find a thing or two.
Now try to find a singular picture of a CAPS corridor. You can’t. They’re hiding lots of stuff.
Eh, I have worked in 2 psychiatric hospitals in the USA. Neither have interior pictures posted online - it’s not that they’re trying to hide anything, it’s probably just that it never occurred to anyone with authority that making photos available could be helpful/useful. The only time I’ve seen interior photos online is the websites of private/for-profit places that wanted to show off how nice their facility is in order to attract customers.
That said, whether CAPS has something to hide is a question beyond me.
You see, I can find this when I search for “Psych Ward Day/Shedcule” : https://roxburyhospital.com/treatment-services/adult-inpatient-psychiatric-program/saturday-schedule/
https://www.sanantoniobehavioral.com/what-to-expect/day-in-the-life/
I can also find A LOT of information on the Tokyo Matsuzawa Mental Hospital website.
Now, I try to search for “Dia no CAPS/Rotina no CAPS” (“a day/shedcule CAPS”) and won’t find a singular thing that isn’t just a VERY simple overview. Their website also is just a small article on the government website.
That would make me nervous
You should add that to your post.
Oh you probably shouldn’t take most of these comments seriously, most Fediverse users are from North America or Europe, I don’t know about Brazil’s Human Rights, so you might wanna ask local groupchat/forum or something.
Just an example:
I’m in the US, there are supposedly a lot of legal protections when it comes to patient’s rights.
But, back in China where I was born in… the culture is very conservative and if I was ever involuntarily held there, I could be possibly be held indefinitely. They don’t treat people mental illness very kindly. The legal system just reflects on the society’s conservative attitude. I heard horror stories of my village just locking up a kid in their house because they view that kid as a danger.
I’m not saying that such hospitals can’t help you, but you might wanna be careful. How Progressive/Conservative are the people? If they are very conservative, I’d try to avoid it as much as possible, seek legal help maybe.
Most people here are conservative elders that say Gravity Falls is a satanic production. (coughs in my parents)
Brazil’s psych wards hide a lot. No brazillians I ever talked to ever went to a CAPS (brazillian psych ward) and they hide even their interiors. Try to find a picture of a singular CAPS corridor. You can’t.
I’m gonna lie everything to my psychiatrist.