Not to worry, but Google. Inc. (blogspot) very recently blocked public access to this blog, as per the original title, that is. I have yet to determine precisely why this occurred, but am definitely in the process of finding that out, and resolving the matter as it may stand. In the meantime, the staff of "The Arizona State Hospital and Patient Abuse" will continue to compile and report all elements of data specific to the substandard health care practices and overall conditions at ASH, for it is the right thing to do, with or without the support of the Google empire. All aspects of the original blog has been stored in both electronic and hard copy format, so no matter who or what is behind the current situation, the process will continue- manuscript forthcoming.
In the meantime, I have opted to offer this recap of the basis upon which I founded the blog itself. Rat Bastards Beware, for I am going nowhere.
PATIENT ABUSE IS A CRIME!
(Originally published April 12, 2012, less than one full month following my discharge from Arizona's sole long term mental health care facility, ASH.)
The Arizona State Hospital's medical and administrative staff knowingly are operating that facility at a level of sub-standard mental health care as a matter of standard practice, and they are getting away with it. I was recently discharged from AzSH following a 13 month period of supposed "treatment" for major depressive disorder, during which time I was physically and verbally abused, lied to, coerced, intimidated, threatened, unlawfully restricted, and generally dehumanized on a daily level. I attest to these facts, and will now dedicate this blog to addressing these issues, because the things I witnessed and experienced at AzSH violate contemporary standards of medical practice in any hospital setting. AzSH is the only long term public mental hospital in the state and operates under the authority of the AZ Dept. of Health Services/Behavioral Health Services. As such, AzSH is a public entity subject to the common laws of this nation and state, and the patients at AzSH are afforded the full privileges, liberties, and protections of those laws, as well as of the provisions of several congressional acts specific to disabled persons and patients. Something has to be done. Patient abuse at the Arizona State Hospital has to stop today. I invite anybody of a like mind to join me in this process.
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