I can't find the eBay ad for that pottery piece or I'd give you more info.
A number of mental health programs include ceramics in their recreational rehab artillery, and there are many people who can be trusted with the firing - always depends on the reason they are staying there at the time. There is always supposed to be a team evaluation of whether the person is safe in each environment they go to - is their coordination temporarily out of whack because of their medication, are they suicidal, are they aggressive, how are their thought processes that day, etc. I would have to say that in my 35+ years in the field there are few people that at some point I wouldn't have trusted doing this if they were physically capable. 95% of therapy is building trust on both sides, and I need to be able to believe that the person I am working with is someone who can handle him or herself. Ironically, if I treat them that way they generally react that way (unless their medications are not currently effective or if there has been some brain damage, which makes impulse control very difficult). The very great majority of people who are hospitalized do not look or act that different than you or me most of the time, especially if their medication is working well for them. Hospitalization, especially the past 20 years or so, is a place where they are supposed to help get you stabilized so you can get back into the community ASAP. Whether that is always a brilliant idea depends on the situation, but that has been the emphasis from the people who fund us and who write our rules.
I don't like the drugs, the drugs, the drugs.
Norm life baby:
"We're white and oh so hetero and our sex is missionary."
Norm life baby:
"We're quitters and we're sober our confessions will be televised."
This is one of the first pix I have ever seen where I get a Stephen King thought about the furniture being alive and mobilizing independently. Maybe I need more sleep . . . .
Many of the places I have worked at or have visited have had pottery available as a recreational therapy option. There was a vase on eBay last week for sale that had been made in a program they had at Worcester Hospital back in the 30s or 40s, I think it was. Went for a nice price, too.
A number of mental health programs include ceramics in their recreational rehab artillery, and there are many people who can be trusted with the firing - always depends on the reason they are staying there at the time. There is always supposed to be a team evaluation of whether the person is safe in each environment they go to - is their coordination temporarily out of whack because of their medication, are they suicidal, are they aggressive, how are their thought processes that day, etc. I would have to say that in my 35+ years in the field there are few people that at some point I wouldn't have trusted doing this if they were physically capable. 95% of therapy is building trust on both sides, and I need to be able to believe that the person I am working with is someone who can handle him or herself. Ironically, if I treat them that way they generally react that way (unless their medications are not currently effective or if there has been some brain damage, which makes impulse control very difficult). The very great majority of people who are hospitalized do not look or act that different than you or me most of the time, especially if their medication is working well for them. Hospitalization, especially the past 20 years or so, is a place where they are supposed to help get you stabilized so you can get back into the community ASAP. Whether that is always a brilliant idea depends on the situation, but that has been the emphasis from the people who fund us and who write our rules.