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As anyone who went to art school could tell you, faking a suicide attempt to get out of doing your final project is as tired a trick as the old tampon in a teacup.Police in Sweden rushed to the aid of Anna Odell (left), a student at Stockholm's Konstfack University College of Arts, Crafts and Design, when she seemed poised to jump off of the Liljeholmen Bridge.
After she was released from a day of psychiatric lockdown, Anna then "announced" that it had all been a part of her questionable final year art project, a performance piece meant to highlight the flaws in Sweden's psychiatric-care system.
She is now being charged with false alarm, violent resistance and "fraudulent practice," which means she caused financial damage without profit. She is also facing a claim against her from North Stockholm Psychiatry for $1,700 and possible imprisonment. If only there were legal repercussions against everybody who makes crappy conceptual art.
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Anna's school admits that the project was probably an "error" in judgment. Konstfack head Ivar Björkman told the paper," That students today are interested in an ethical gray zone can be a good thing for the development of society." Interesting, we guess, but tell that to whatever victims of crime got ignored by the cops because they were too busy helping some art student explore her ethical gray zone.
The video below is from Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter's interview with Anna. There was no English tranlsation available, but the video of the police intervening with her "suicide attempt" on the bridge is pretty intense.
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Tuesday 25 August
By Social Melon
These articles continue to be published without being properly edited. The quote has a typographical error in it. This writer sucks.
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Tuesday 25 August
By hannah
OH MY GOODNESS! I know! There are always typos in these articles!
Wednesday 26 August
By chuckie
That's because the internet has opened the door for "writers" who couldn't cut it in a real publishing job. It's just like TV---too many outlets and not enough talent to go around. Too watered down.
Wednesday 26 August
By Steven Kemp
Get a life.
Wednesday 26 August
By Karma09
How sad is your life when you critique the spelling on an internet article? Say something about the CONTENT. That's what comments are for.
Tuesday 25 August
By Michael Sinclair
Well is there a flaw with in the system? Was any one listening before? Are they listening now?
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Wednesday 26 August
By ROB
I WISH I COULD PAY HER FINERS AND GIVE HER A GOOD LAWYER
Tuesday 25 August
By Lisa
You know though she may not have thought through the end result. I must agree with her even here in the U.S. of A. our system for the mentally ill is HORRID unless you have VERY good insurance. We have so many homeless people with mental problems and NO BODY CARES!!! It is a beyond sad situation LEAVE the GIRL ALONE she made some VALID points although not thought through all the way the mental health system SUCKS throughout the world and it is a very very sad thing. LET HER GO with perhaps a "please do more research before going on with your project" I am PROUD of her for at least caring enough to put herself at risk but still her efforts will fall upon deaf ears because all of you rich people don't give a shit. May you cut your asses as you wipe yourself with your money. HELP THE MENTALLY ILL NO MATTER WHAT STATUS MONEY WISE THEY HAVE! THEY ARE HUMANS !!! With feelings and emotions and blood runs through them just like the rich jerks. They deserve proper treatment and RESPECT!
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Tuesday 25 August
By jackie azbill
Lisa,
Unfortunately, even with great insurance our system is failed. It needs a major overhaul and not be used as drug rehab. People need specific care for specific illnesses and they get lumped into one psych unit.
Tuesday 25 August
By Tom
Lead the way, Lisa. We're behind you all the way...
Tuesday 25 August
By ben
she put others at risk, what if some got seriously hurt trying to help her or if the people who we dispatched got into an accident killing them while they were on their way. How would she feel then, especially if the persons killed were her own family member
Tuesday 25 August
By tammy
I am poor not rich, I have struggled and earned everything I ever had. I grew up under the misery of a mentally ill parent. They are not human and they feel for no one but themselves. I will not pay for some psychotic mentally ill homeless person. I will make sure my guns are loaded if they try to screw with my family or home though! You feel so sorry for these people and I would bet you never actually had to deal with any of them. I will not walk a mile in their shoes, I refuse to behave in such a manner that jeopardizes my children and the world around me. They "mentally ill" all need to be irradicated to save the future of this world, our children. I am tired of people like yourself wanting to turn the predators into the victim. You probably buy into that pedophiles and women who butcher or drown their children can and should be rehabilitated and released back into the normal human population!
That art student is a nut that needs to be locked up, to fake a suicide is disgusting, people who attempt suicide are not always mentally ill, like the homeless, depression can be fixed. The homeless are not homeless because they got depressed, nor do they rape, murder, intimidate, attack, steal, piss and crap everywhere because they are depressed. They cannot be fixed, they choose to be that way!
Thursday 27 August
By undrgrndgirl
just admit it, lisa, health care in the u.s. is HORRID....PERIOD.
Tuesday 25 August
By xcroweyesx
I think what you wrote was exceptional. I suffer from mental illnes thank you for your heart felt blog
Tuesday 25 August
By quikkillsolution
What did she find out? I read the article but did not see that explained. Maybe im reading a diffrent article then everyone else who is sayin she did a great job, or really exposed the problem. All i saw is she did this to expose this "problem" according to her teacher. That is an opinion and not necessarily fact. I still dont know what, if there is one, the problem is.
Tuesday 25 August
By Cheryl
I have a child with schizophrenia and has been living with this deterionating disease for the past 9 years. As a parent, it's so frustrating to acquire the MUCH needed help for him! Much of the time, I cry myself to sleep because before the age of 17, he was vibrant, jovial, and had the intelligence to become an astronaut that was his desire. In the present, he mind rolls 24/7. No one understands this disease more than I. I'm grateful there are people in our society who truly care for the mentally ill.
Tuesday 25 August
By joann
Lisa,
for all your liberal whining, just what the hell do you do to help the mentally ill?
And fyi, this girl's only affliction is that of having an inflated ego. I'm a social worker and I can assure you that none of my patients would appreciate this moron's mockery of being mentally ill.
I know you think you are enlightened and brilliant, but your comments are so stupid ... part of making a judgement is um ... thinking things through ... you genious ... weighing the consequences and realizing that the negative outweigh the positive, again the positive here being her oversized ego ... if she cares so f**kin' much, she should have made a good decision, like um, volunteering for the mentally ill ... not making a joke of them ... they should of pushed her off that bridge.
Wednesday 26 August
By pam
Many of my clients, especially those with personality disorders, really abuse the health care system. They go to thd ER to avoid going to treatment or cleaning their rooms. If they had no money for personal needs, because they have to pay at least 100.00 per copay, they might stop. (this is money given by the government above and beyond food and shelter). They often complain that they are paying too much to be in a mental health residential program. I sometimes ask them for their paystubs, so that I can address this issue. Noone has a pay stub.
Wednesday 26 August
By jess
Lisa
for all your whining liberal bs, just what the hell do you do to help the mentally ill??
I know you think you are enlightened and brilliant, but your not and your comments are actually INSULTING to the mentally ill (I know Caps illustrate your brilliant points so I used the same technique, did it work genious?). I'm a social worker and none of my patients would have ever pulled this nonsense.
To the morons that sympathize with this "artist", part of making a sound judgment is weighing the consequences of your action and choosing against overwhelming negative consequences. What if there was a real crime happening or someone was actually contemplating suicide or a woman was being attacked or a million other possibilities and these COPS were wasting their time with her "expression" ??????? They should have pushed her over that bridge.
Wednesday 26 August
By The Voice
Lisa, while your compassion for the mentally-ill homeless is commendable, the fact is that the reason they are on the street being uncared-for (instead of institutionalized) is because of the left-wing ACLU. The American Civil Liberties Union brought a lawsuit that led to a court ruling that mentally ill people could no longer be institutionalized against their will....i.e., "committed"/held by others...especially if the mentally ill person judged themselves to not be mentally ill. Of course, there's one major problem with that...which is obvious to most normal-thinking people: If you are nuts, you don't know you are nuts. Being disconnected from reality is part of the whole problem in the first place, isn't it? (It seems to me the buffoons that should be institutionalized are the ACLU and the judge who ruled in their favor.) As a result of the ruling, people who were being institutionalized for their own benefit and safety (where they were being fed, cared for, and administered medication and treatment) were released into the streets, incapable of caring for themselves...but, of course, not knowing they were incapable of caring for themselves. Catch-22, so to speak. So the fact is, they WERE already being cared for. So next time you see a mentally-ill homeless person, be sure to thank the ACLU and the liberal judges who made the assasinine ruling! Perhaps the ACLU trial attorney or the judge should let the mentally-ill homeless sleep on their front lawn? Wonder how long then before the decision would be reversed on appeal? ha ha