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It is important to treat a mentally ill person just like you would treat Joe Bloggs down the road. Always be friendly-say good morning, have a joke. If possible or at all practical, separate those who are severely mentally ill (e.g. having paranoid delusions), from those who are less ill (e.g. anxiety). Do this to try and reduce stress. Let the person have some things with them from home to comfort them (e.g. Discman, favourite bear, journal). I suppose the main thing is to try and make the hospital feel as much like home and as little like a hospital as possible. The nurses should be like the patient’s foster-carer-the carer they have when their carer isn’t there. Treat the person as though they are sick, like having pneumonia or something, don’t treat them like they are bad, naughty or deserving of punishment.

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Name : AJ, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Disability : Blind, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Episcopalian, Age : 18, City : n/a, State : NA, Country : Australia, Occupation : student, Education level : High School Diploma, Social class : Middle class, 

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