Originally posted by u/ProgressiveArchitect on Reddit.

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Honestly, a safe comfortable spa environment where you have freedom of movement and autonomy goes a long way in helping to stabilize folks who are violently angry.

People honestly underestimate the amount of influence & impact that a relaxing, safe, autonomy-preserving environment can have on someone.

We reserve these kinds of retreat style spa environments for rich folks, but in an actually socialist or communist societal arrangement, spa retreats would be collectively seized and repurposed as a free psychological health resource for people who can’t manage to safely live in society.

This is the idea behind the Soteria Respite Houses, but Soteria suffers from not having the facilities and funding that spa retreat places do. So it can’t live up to its full potential as an intervention. See here: https://www.madinamerica.com/2019/09/soteria-house-heal/

Ps. Full malignant catatonia is more of a neurological condition than a psychiatric one. So it’s not a good example. Even in mainstream practice, you go to the ER for that, not a psychiatric facility.