On Thu, 15 May 2008 20:15:49 -0700 (PDT), haxor99@
gmail.com wrote:
NEARLY two-thirds of female patients surveyed in psychiatric wards in
Victoria have been sexually abused or harassed by male patients, new
figures show.
A report by the Victorian Women and Mental Health Network has also
revealed that 70%% of mental health staff surveyed by the group knew
the abuse and harassment was occurring in public hospital wards. A
further 30%% of the 42 staff surveyed said the abuse, usually
perpetrated by sexually disinhibited male patients, happened
frequently.
Network convener Heather Clarke said the report, Nowhere to be safe:
Womens experiences of mixed-sex psychiatric wards, showed that 61%%
of the 75 female patients surveyed about their experiences in
psychiatric wards had been abused or harassed in some way and did not
feel safe.
Go to
http://badpsych.com/2008/05/13/women-in-mental-wards-face-grave-risk-...
for more
For those who think this isn't happening in today's psychatric world
must be kidding themselves.
