3,181 Comments Posted by Lynne

Very evocative shot.

Hallucinator, that is just incredible! Thanks again!

Jeebers, Hallucinator, you have a real talent for this. Both of your gifs are fabulous - thanks!

Is this my darlin' Jo?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

"Abandon all hope ye who enter here." -> Dante Alighieri, The Inferno

I . . . I . . . I think I love you! :-)

Are we talking arson here or what? =8-o

I agree with the folks above that it looks like a vacuum press. I'm not sure how it would have been used if that's what it actually is. Some guesses (if it IS a vacuum press) - to be used to do repair of veneering (on doors and furniture) for the hospital so the work wouldn't have to be sent out, to be used by OT staff for arts & crafts projects, to be used by rehab staff to build or repair orthotic devices. All wild guesses, since I don't really know what it is. :-)

All residential facilities have/had an association with clerical staff for weekly religious services and for funerals. Where I work we have a lovely cemetery that is used for people without known relatives or whose families were so happy with their care that they wanted them to be buried where they lived. Like all facilities at one time, numbers were used on markers for a short period (although there are names on the markers now instead - found in old records) and the cemetery was not always as well tended as now (due to financial costs - the small amounts of monies received from funding sources were used on the living), but over the past several decades almost all facilities have improved their cemeteries and have tried to go through what records still exist to find out who was buried where.

Although many people are unhappy about "inadequate burial practices" for people who live/lived in residential facilities, it is rare that people follow through to ask the government or state to research a facility's records to find out who was buried and exactly where, and even less likely that people will then pay out of pocket to assure that new markers are placed and names accorded. Funeral services, burials, cremation, and memorial markers are quite expensive. In truth, people who live in the community don't always get headstones, whether or not they have disabilities of any sort.

The high mortality rate is the same for people with psychiatric disabilities who do not live in residential facilities. Increased incidence of cardiovascular disease is the primary cause.

"Cardiovascular disease risk factors were generally similar for patients with schizophrenia and patients with bipolar disorder . . . Both groups of patients had a higher prevalence of overweight, obesity, central obesity, and hypertension than the general population . . . and daily smoking was significantly more frequent in the two patient groups than in the general population."

Astrid Brate Birkenaes, J Clin Psychiatry, 2007;68:917-923.

Love ya back, Johnny Mac!

Steven21:

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Which school do you attend? I would be interested in your classes covering this material. Thanks in advance.

People with severe psychiatric disorders have a significantly higher mortality rate than people who don't.

Canada,

"Shame on us
Doomed from the start
May God have mercy
On our dirty little hearts
Shame on us
For all we've done
And all we ever were
Just zeros and ones"

Nine Inch Nails

Kirkbride's plans:

http://books.google.co...omas+Story+Kirkbride