--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" <r...@...> wrote: > > From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] > On Behalf Of authfriend > Sent: Saturday, May 22, 2010 12:46 PM > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ravi's in the hospital > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > <mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com> , "Rick Archer" <rick@> wrote: > <snip> > > But they haven't taken his computer away. He's still sending > > out lots of weird emails. > > Any clue what prompted him to go to the hospital? > As I understand it, lurkernomore called Ravi in Boston, the Ravi flew to St. > Louis in the hope of meeting Lurk, then he checked himself into a local > hospital. But he's still posting emails and YouTube videos. >
Maybe things have changed, but when an extended family member was in the psych hospital for a bit about 5 years ago, no computer use allowed, tv and video games and books were fine, limited phone calls from a pay phone only. This protected patients from further harming relationships with family, coworkers, whatever, when they are manic or psychotic or depressed. Real damage can be done and it can be hard to undo in some cases - like coming on sexually to someone totally uninterested in or related to you. It also means that they can participate in group sessions and disconnect from some of the tensions of their outside life. But who knows, times are different in just 5 years.
