Why no jewelry or belts allowed at the mental hospital?!
Question: I kind of understand that some jewelry could be used to hurt yourself or someone else. But belts?
Why don't they allow belts or jewelry?
Answers: I kind of understand that some jewelry could be used to hurt yourself or someone else. But belts?
Why don't they allow belts or jewelry?
I work in a special care ward of a psychiatric hospital. Upon entry to the ward we must search patients and remove EVERYTHING that is potentially harmful to the individual or those around them. We remove shoe laces, belts, cords from pants as they have the potential to be used for hanging. We remove jewelery as this can be a weapon when violent patients get violent. Things as simple as earings can be swallowed, used to self-inflict scratches and therefor not allowed. Lighters must be removed as they can cause a fire hazard or self-harming device. Cords and personal items are placed in a safe because often a person is vulnerable to theft and other negative behaviors whilst in a SC unit. Cutlery is always counted after every meal to ensure that they are not taken by patients and used as a weapon. Plastic disposable cups, staples, and sometimes even paper for the hand towel dispenser are limited (trust me you do not want to know what some people do with them to harm themselves). Although not every patient in a psychiatric hospital is at risj of self harm, others in the unit are and will do anything they can to that person who possesses these items to get them! Sounds obsessive but it's amazing what we have to do to provide a safe environment
PS to your addit.... not to hang yourself from a lightbulb!!!! Belts have also been used by patients to attempt to strangle other patients and inflict nasty welts on people when used as a weapon!!!
You can hang yourself with a belt, jewelry can cause self harm in other ways. Swallowing or sharpening it and used for cutting or even as a weapon. A belt also makes a mean weapon.
Hahaha. They don't allow ANYTHING there. Belts, you can hang yourself with and some jewelry can be used to cut. So, they take it all away.
Belts because they can be used to hang yourself or constrict blood flow (around your neck or extremeties).
Jewelry because you could hurt yourself by stabbing or cutting yourself with it, or even pull it out. Also, it could be stolen from you and the hospital does not want the liability.
jewelry is sharp and people cut and stuff, and belts because people can hang themselves or something to that affect, i went to see my friends sister in a mental hospital and they would let us bring in pencils or ipods or mirrors or anything like that.
You have to consider what you are asking. Lets say that you go to a mental ward, there is someone in there who is violent, they see you have a belt, they beat you or someone else with it. Or, even yet, someone is sucidial, they see your belt and hang themselves with it. The same goes for jewelry, there may be a thief in the ward, they like your stuff. They take it, right off of your body, in the process of doing so they rip your ears (ear rings), or cut your neck (necklace) and you have to get stiches. Overall the reason is for the safety of those in the hospital and for the safety of the staff.
you can hand your self... actually you could easily kill your self in any way. but most people think.... i can kill my self with this.
and you certainly can.
you could use an earing to cut your writst open, same with a belt (the little latch thingy). choke your self on a bracelet. same with a ring.
well,,been there so for one reason for the belt thing is so you or no one els can hang them self and for the ring thing is so you cant cut yourself with the sharp edges and with the necklaces so you cant cut off blood flow.some people will try to triad their pills for Jewel.hope this helps.
You could choke yourself with a belt, and depending on the jewelry, there are various ways to hurt yourself. When I went, they gave me my belt back because they trusted me because I almost passed my assesment. They didn't feel I would go to those limits... :D
You can have nothing that can be to hurt yourself mental wards/hospitals are vey tough about what you can have
Belts and jewelry can be used to seriously injure someone.