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Lanarkshire / Re: Carstairs House
« on: Tuesday 08 September 15 08:30 BST (UK) »
Hi Carolyn
During my time in Scotland (Newmains). Carstairs Hospital was known to be for the mentally unstable. All my life 1962 till I left in 1986 it had siren to alert surrounding area if someone escaped. As I found out in later years when they were changing how they viewed mental issues not all who had been confined there were of any danger to society. There were however a number of dangerous people housed there, but my experience, and I did have to go there in my early years working. was that there was a small majority of dangerous and a vast majority that we now would easily integrate in to normal community. I do have two brothers in Scotland that at that time without family support could have been targeted for that kind of institution. Sometimes it was an easy way out for doctor/community/family to unload burden to the state. Not always fair but easy for some.
During my time in Scotland (Newmains). Carstairs Hospital was known to be for the mentally unstable. All my life 1962 till I left in 1986 it had siren to alert surrounding area if someone escaped. As I found out in later years when they were changing how they viewed mental issues not all who had been confined there were of any danger to society. There were however a number of dangerous people housed there, but my experience, and I did have to go there in my early years working. was that there was a small majority of dangerous and a vast majority that we now would easily integrate in to normal community. I do have two brothers in Scotland that at that time without family support could have been targeted for that kind of institution. Sometimes it was an easy way out for doctor/community/family to unload burden to the state. Not always fair but easy for some.