Posts by Neil
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Hard News: Dirty Politics, in reply to Dennis Frank,
Ross could release the records of his assessment and admission which would document details of any use of the act.
He’s the one using privacy to prevent that information becoming public.
Meanwhile he releases private information to undermine the women he abused.
So far the very small amount of information made public has been from Slater – a compulsive liar.
What concerns me the most is how the actions of Ross and Slater are giving a misleading picture of how acute mental health services work and there are people who should know better being taken for a ride.
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Hard News: Dirty Politics, in reply to Dennis Frank,
Haven’t seen that reported yet.
So word on the street isn’t giving those details? How odd. Easy enough to produce the 8(a).
The act is available on line to check if there is any part of the act that could possibly be used to implement what word on the street claims. So far I’ve seen no one point to anything in the Act that could allow this to happen.
It present it’s word on the street vs mental health law.
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Hard News: Dirty Politics, in reply to Dennis Frank,
Word on the street (as it were) is that Mitchell called the cops to initiate the sectioning.
Which part of the Mental Health Act was used?
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Hard News: Dirty Politics, in reply to linger,
If National has been directly involved in sectioning Ross, primarily to silence him, that is not exactly the sort of change we might hope for.
It’s not possible, the Mental Health Act does not work that way. People spreading those rumours are doing mental health a huge disservice.
We also don’t know if he was placed under the mental health act or not. All we have is selective bits of information provided by Ross’ “friends” to suit his agenda.
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Hard News: Dirty Politics, in reply to Sacha,
Quite possible.
There’s been considerable thought given to this strategy of misusing the mental health system to portray Ross as a victim and allow him to continue his odious behaviour.
Narcissistic personality disorder is a mental illness just as Bipolar Affective Disorder is. But the treatment is considerably different and the relation between the disorder and culpability and responsibility for ones actions can also be considerably different.
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While supposedly unwell Ross organises Lusk or Slater to release material hoping to undermine the integrity of the women he harassed and abused.
My guess is there’s a lot more he’s done that we haven’t heard about yet.
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What I took away from this past week is the urgent need for the government to put together an education campaign explaining how the acute mental health services work.
There’s been a large amount of inaccurate information going round some of which sadly has been deliberate.
Ideally it would include a fly on the wall type documentary series as have been made in other areas of health such as Emergency Departments. That however would be impossible due issues of informed consent and privacy.
Most people don’t get to experience the acute services so don’t appreciate the how the mental health act works, the role of the police and the difficulties, dangers and dilemmas often involved with inpatient care and treatment.
The acute services usually only wind coming to the public’s attention when something supposedly goes wrong via news stories from journalists who usually don’t have the resources to do more in-depth analysis.
It’s something the government should address.
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He’s currently occupying a bed that could be used for someone who is actually in need of those resources. Someone most likely not a predatory white male with money.
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At present Ross and his supporters are releasing selective information to support his agenda of playing the victim.
The police can invoke the mental health act to detain and have someone assessed. That does not mean that that person if admitted is admitted under the act.
And if they are admitted then it is for a period of assessment during which they may or may not be diagnosed with a mental illness.
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Hard News: Dirty Politics, in reply to Kumara Republic,
And yes, let’s keep JLR’s mental health issues separate from his role in all this.
Ross made his supposed mental health issues public. He’s used it as defense for his predatory behaviour.