{"id":345,"date":"2007-07-12T12:30:13","date_gmt":"2007-07-12T12:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beyondblue\/2007\/07\/when-psychiatric-treatment-is.html"},"modified":"2007-07-12T12:30:13","modified_gmt":"2007-07-12T12:30:13","slug":"when-psychiatric-treatment-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beyondblue\/2007\/07\/when-psychiatric-treatment-is.html","title":{"rendered":"When Psychiatric Treatment Is Denied"},"content":{"rendered":"

Right after reading TJ\u2019s uplifting success story, I learned about this disturbing story: An Australian woman accused of murdering her father and sister was denied psychiatric treatment because of her parents\u2019 Scientology beliefs.
\nYou can read the entire story by clicking here.<\/a>
\nPsychiatrist Mark Cross said in a report that the woman was diagnosed with a psychotic illness at Bankstown Hospital in late 2006.
\nStories like this enrage me–because so many lives could be saved with some basic understanding of mental illness. And they sadden me, too, because so many lives are lost and damaged by the current culture of ignorance.
\nLet me guess, Tom Cruise is still jumping on Oprah\u2019s couch saying that there is no such thing as a mental disorder.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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