To be offended by term 'pscho ward'?

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My family and I just went to our local Frankie & Bennies for lunch. They are having a themed weekend - halloween and the staff are dressed up as witches, vampires etc etc. One of the staff was dressed in an orange jump suite with the phrase 'committed to psycho ward' printed on the back........ and he was wearing a Hannibal mask. I couldn't quite believe my eyes. I'm not sure where enduring mental illnesses fall into the halloween theme and I certainly don't think this was a suitable outfit for a family restaurant. Is it me?! (and no, this hasn't hit a nerve because me or any of my family or friends have mental illnesses. I am a nurse, but not even a psychiatric one - this just seemed really tasteless to me!)

YANBU horrible

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Completely unsuitable.
Did you mention it to them?

I didn't mention it. I'm a bit of a reflector and needed to think about what I thought IYSWIM! Nobody else in the restaurant seemed to react negatively, even those with small children. I might write to the company though, just to make sure that it doesn't happen again.

My friends father has just come of the phycho ward - her brother wouldn't visit due to the stigma and shame he felt. Things like this just don't help people with mental problems or their relatives

i dont think you should take this to serious as it was athemed do and obviously not a dig at people with mental health issues as psycho was amovie and obviously horror related i'm sure cognitive therapy ward would not have created the same eary theme if this was within a hospital i would be affended but not for some fancy dress theme

it wouldn't bother me particularly..perhaps i am just not sensitive enough

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It would be offensive if there were any over tomes of racism/sexism/homophbia in the costume tho wouldn't it?

it's discriminatory and stigamatising about a certain group of pople in society who're already massively at a disadvantage cos of media misreporting and our cultural slant on mental illness.

I'd be gutted if dd started using the term "psycho". but then I'm probably a bit "sensitive" cos I'm an RMN.

well I think it is ok related to a film and not really an issue tbh

YANBU

I use loads of terms like bonkers, mad, off his trolley, psycho etc nuts there must be a few more...

I don't think it's that bad - as someone has said, film related more than anything else.

But as that restaurant is a family restaurant, I think the outfit (the mask) sounds a bit scary for small children.

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Does nothing to eradicate the stigma surrounding mental health does it?

but i don't think it does anything much to promote a stigma either

i mean he wasn't trying to lessen any stigma he was dressing up

nah but they weren't there advertising mental health services

the way to lessen the stigma is to talk about mental health issues and bring mental health into the mainstream of conversation and life and culture

and have a laugh..people with mental health issues are normal people after all

Perhaps the film Psycho should be banned from video shops too.
It doesn't sound like it was meant to be taken so seriously. lighten up

wouldn't bother me too much, speaking as someone who was in a 'psycho ward' once

it would quite a funny way to advertise/inform about mental health services actually dressing up ...there are funny things about psyvhiatric services ime

Sorry. Had a particularly (sp?) shite week and am wrongly oversensitive on this at the mo.

you are right- should lighten up

not wrong you are entitled to your opinion lol and it's probably a very good one to have..strokes tiredemma and gives a big hug for horrible week

and a kiss babe XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

That is outrageous. As someone who has spent all summer in a pyschiatric hospital I would be extremely offended by that. Not sure I would have been able to say antying though. Probably would have left.