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Re:In the eating disorder unit by d33 on Friday January 12, 2018 @07:42AM (#16132384)
> (...) the overstretched staff didn’t have much time to support me, and I was often left crying on my own. Sometimes my tears were taken as evidence of ‘non-compliance’.

This, on its own, is already outrageous. What could lead to forming this kind of attitude?

Re:In the eating disorder unit by DanBC on Friday January 12, 2018 @08:51AM (#16132758)
Eating disorder is often comorbid with what's called "personality disorder" (usually what's called borderline PD).

People with that label experience significant levels of stigma and discrimination from health workers, including mental health workers.

Re:In the eating disorder unit by yipopov on Friday January 12, 2018 @09:43AM (#16133122)
That said, it should not be underestimated what an immense strain those people are on mental health workers. I wonder how much time those institutions dedicate to debriefing their own staff, I think that would make a big difference in how the patients are treated as well.