They say that a yellow card in psychiatry scares much less than such a symbol in football. Some even try to figure out how to arrange it for themselves, without any specific violations and deviations. As a rule, young people who categorically do not want to go to serve in the army are ready for such adventures. Can a card really be a salvation from unwanted service without much harm to the future and social status? Let's try to figure it out.
From the beginning
Before delving into the features of the yellow card in psychiatry, one should decide what kind of science is meant by this term. Currently, psychiatry is called such a field of medicine, whose area of specialization is disorders and deviations of the human psyche. Physicians dealing with such mattersidentify, treat diseases, practice preventive measures. Their area of responsibility is severe and serious pathologies that are dangerous for a person and his relatives, as well as violations that are dangerous only to a small extent.
As a rule, non-dangerous deviations will not be the reason for psychiatric registration, the patient will not be admitted to the hospital, this will have little effect on his future, and will not affect his social status. If the disease is considered dangerous, the person needs to be monitored. He cannot live normally, adequately, fully, therefore he receives a yellow card. In psychiatry, this term refers to a document certifying the fact of a serious mental disorder. The person who received such a paper is officially recognized as unable to answer for what he did.
And what's next?
Getting a yellow card in psychiatry imposes certain restrictions on a person's life. The consequence of issuing such a document will be the inability to officially drive vehicles, as well as legally own weapons. You can't join the army. Such a card can cause a visa denial: it is quite difficult for people with serious mental disorders to cross the border. Often, when applying for a job, the employer requires the presentation of documents confirming mental he alth. In the presence of a yellow card, even the most promising applicant for a public position can be refused, often there are difficulties with employment in a private enterprise.
It is necessary to understand: yellow help inpsychiatry is not a temporary piece of paper that can be bought illegally and then also carelessly thrown away. If the dispensary issued such a card, in the future it will be necessary to recognize this fact and notify every potential employer about it, if such information is requested. You should not hope that you will be able to hide the data - the security service will definitely check the information about the person through the access systems. At the moment, the situation is such that it is impossible to hide the presence of a issued card.
Prospects
Psychiatric diagnoses are different, pathologies vary in severity, and some disorders against which a yellow card is issued may eventually disappear. If a person behaves adequately for a long time, there are no relapses, the patient has passed all the prescribed treatment programs, he can be recognized as completely he althy. In this case, the card is withdrawn. In practice, this is observed very rarely due to the specifics of this medical industry. Even after the revocation, a person faces some difficulties in everyday life - the presence of a document in the past seriously undermines the reputation, there is no confidence in it from potential employers.
Why is this?
If you ask different doctors what a yellow card in psychiatry means, why this particular color was chosen, you will probably be able to hear different versions of the choice of shade. Recently, yellow has been clearly associated in the public mind with mental disorders. The dispensary is commonly referred to as the yellow house, fromIn Dostoevsky's books, we remember the yellow walls and the yellow city, and the yellow-colored map of the patient became another factor that influenced the associative array. There is an opinion that during the period of tsarist rule in our country, every mentally ill person received a yellow card. This is nothing more than a delusion. If a person was unfit for service, he was given a document on a white background, but prostitutes received yellow identification cards.
Some say that earlier in the departments of psychiatric hospitals all certificates were drawn up on yellowish paper, hence the popular name of the “yellow card” came first, which then became official. Some believe that the color of the blank was chosen to match the classic color of the building - in the past, yellow paint was used for many government agencies, this was the standard. However, inside the premises they decorated not only with yellow flowers, but with any calm, positively influencing the mental status of a person.
Accounting features
PND (psycho-neurological dispensary) is the very institution where a patient can get a yellow card. The institution specializes in monitoring patients, monitors changes in the condition of a person undergoing outpatient treatment. As a rule, the patient faces a number of social restrictions. In recent years, it has become incorrect to talk about registering with the PND, it is customary to designate cooperation between a person and an institution as dynamic observation or medical assistance, coupled with counseling if necessary.
Get advice and assistance from a doctor inpsycho-neurological dispensary can anyone who comes here of their own free will. A course of treatment is chosen for a person in need, a person undergoes it, the results are evaluated, determining how successful the measures were. Such cooperation does not lead to restrictions on social opportunities. In the future, there will be no need to visit a doctor with enviable regularity. In recent years, many cases have been allowed to undergo anonymous treatment. A yellow card will not be given to such a person.
Cases are different
If a person is concerned about serious mental illness, he may be assigned dynamic monitoring. Here the attitude towards the patient will be more strict. If the patient does not agree to receive help in the clinic, does not understand his pathology, if he has a chronic disease, treatment may be imposed. The needy is placed in a special department, regularly monitoring all his actions. The main idea is to protect a person from himself, and at the same time minimize the risks to others. A patient under observation in this format will be issued on a yellow card. He is required to visit a psychiatrist four times a year or more often to assess his condition. If the patient avoids appointments, they may be found and forcibly brought to the clinic for examination and evaluation.
It's official
Modern clinical psychiatry involves several options for registering a patient. The needy can write an application, contact the head doctor of the dispensary. This is usually done by those who come for treatment onwillingly and consciously. If a person has not reached the age of majority, the responsibility for signing the paper rests with the parents, guardians.
If a person refuses the treatment offered to him, does not consider himself in need, the clinic accepts an application from family members, neighbors, housing and communal services workers. In a word, anyone who is not indifferent can take part in the case, especially if he is a potential victim of the patient. The document must contain a request to forcibly examine and cure a person. Already in the PND, a package of documents will be drawn up, submitted to the court for consideration, and the meeting is held only with the participation of the applicant directly.
What's going on?
The court may agree with the arguments of the applicant. In this case, the person referred to in the application is forcibly sent to a hospital, where they are examined and a therapeutic course is prescribed.
About paths and events
Sometimes the situation develops in such a way that a person is dangerous to others right here and now, at the current moment in time. For example, he may suddenly cease to be aware of himself and begin to threaten those around him with murder. In such a situation, the potential victim has the right to call an ambulance, explaining by phone what caused the call. The patient is hospitalized, they will offer him to receive help in a hospital setting. As a rule, clinic employees immediately advise the interested party to file an application for submission to the court - this helps to minimize liability. The fact is thathospitalized, if he is he althy, can go to court, filing a lawsuit against the doctors, as well as those who called the doctors.
When will they be deregistered?
If a diagnosis has been made and a course of treatment prescribed, a person can voluntarily agree to it. In some cases, therapy is practiced forcibly. When the program is completed, the doctor once again examines the patient and assesses his condition. The doctor may consider the client of the clinic to be completely he althy. If the patient agrees with this and is interested in returning to normal life, he is removed from the register. Typically, this does not occur until several years after a successful therapeutic program. For about a year, a person is obliged to constantly use the medicines prescribed to him, regularly visit a doctor. In a year they can be deregistered.
According to the professionals, a more responsible option would be to consult and visit the clinic for at least five years. During this period, the doctor will finally understand whether the person is cured or still needs specialized help and medical support. Many are removed from the register three years after undergoing treatment, if the period is not marked by a relapse, mental problems of a different kind. Five years later, all information is archived, the patient is removed from the register completely. However, information is never completely deleted: at any time, law enforcement officers should have access to the full archives of institutions responsible for the mental treatment of citizens.
Features of the case
The duration of being registered and the period after which a person is removed depends largely on the identified deviation, the diagnosis made, on the person's behavior during treatment, and also on how successfully the chosen measures influence him. If a person is poorly adapted to independent living, dangerous to himself or others, no one will let him go either in a year or in five years.
Minors who have reached the age of 15 can apply for registration of seniors by writing an application according to which their card will be sent to the archive. True, agreement with the statement is possible only if the person is not currently registered.
