Blue Moon Psychiatric Hospital
Plot – If it is in Italics, don’t feel compelled to read it. If you don’t want to, don’t. It’s just an...overview, I guess.
“They call it a Haven. We call it a Prison. The Blue Moon Psychiatric Hospital is just that. A hospital for crazies, people who are ill, sick, wrong in the head. Brought here for various reasons, each more shocking, less believable than the last. Some are here for years, others months. Some haven’t seen the outside world for nearly a decade. They say we’re here for our own health. In truth, it’s for the health of everyone else; we’re dangerous, to society, to them, to everyone! White rooms, white halls, white, white, white...It’s all a lie, all filthy lies! They’re using us, guinea pigs, guinea pigs is all we are to them!”
The above statement was given by a patient residing within Blue Moon. The report later comments on how this particular patient turned on his residing roommate and killed him with a spring he had torn from his bed, because the ‘voices in his head told him to’. Despite what he says, Blue Moon has been known as reform, greatly helping many people who are suffering from mental trauma. They are said to help. They are said to help, and the name ‘Blue Moon’ originates from their belief. ‘Only once in a blue moon, can a patient of ours never be treated’. As known by many, a majority of people who enter the establishment’s doors leave completely changed.
“We are here to help our patients. It is our job to ensure that they are well. Ninety nine percent of the time, those that join us, leave us free of ailment. We make the surroundings as comfortable as possible, and give the patients free reign around the building. It is common knowledge that parents, siblings, relatives and friends are allowed to visit on Saturdays and Sundays. Phone calls are permitted everyday for the patients, but only to receive. We do not let them make their own phone calls, for safety purposes. There is a recreation room, a ward, cafeteria. Even a garden, to which they can walk in and relax. We allow them their own clothes, their own items, as long as they follow safety regulations...therapists and doctors are on all day call, we ensure the utmost in our patient’s comfort and enjoyment of their stay. Blue Moon is only here to help,”
The statement seen above was given by the Director of Blue Moon, giving a general, believable description of the Hospital.
Four days later, a dead body was found in the backwoods of the building, floating face down in the stream. The Director said it was suicide. People asked how they young girl got out there in the first place. Questions were asked. Within two weeks, it was sorted out. It was never mentioned again. By a month later, the parents of the girl had moved country. Life settled down. Blue Moon accepted and discharged patients on a daily, weekly, monthly basis.
Some started to realise that the people who were going in, were not leaving. They didn’t question it. People with bad mental health, the population decided, were not safe for normal life. It is either they go to Blue Moon, or they go to jail, yes? It was a shame no one questioned it, no one pried too deep. Or else they would have realised the horrors within the walls.
No questions were asked about Blue Moon. People knew that those who were sent there, needed help, and that’s as far as it went. In truth, patients were used as medication experimentation, and more often than not, their mental state got worse rather than better. When a patient started learning too much, they were killed and it was played off as suicide.
Blue Moon Psychiatric Hospital
Blue Moon was opened in 1996 and has currently been running for over twelve years. It is located on the outskirts of a quaint town in the east of England, inconspicuous, the only building for miles and miles in any direction. It accepts patients who either admit themselves with the fear of illness, or patients who are sent there as an alternative from jail, having pleaded insanity. It is a large, white building, and is broken into several Units. Unit One consists of Isolation. This is for patients who are deemed hazardous to others around them. They are kept locked in their rooms – of relative comfort – and are brought their food. They are escorted to and from the showers and bathrooms, and at times are required to wear straitjackets. Unit Two is for those that show no sign of improving. These are the long term patients, those who have been admitted for more than a year. Unit Three is for those that are ending the ‘treatment’. They are calmer than most, need less medication, and do not require seeing psychologists as often as others may. Unit One and Two are mingled together. All of the windows in the rooms patients are constantly in include bars, and metal meshes across them so they cannot escape.
There is a Cafeteria and a Kitchen – which is strictly out of bounds – as well as the Recreation Centre and the Hospital. The building is in a large rectangular shape. In the centre of the building, surrounded by the walls of the building, is the ‘Sanctuary’.
The Cafeteria holds long, rectangular white tables. The knives, forks, and spoons are plastic, the plates Styrofoam. Meals are set, and passed out from a plastic cart that a worker within the facility walks by with. Medications are normally served within this time as well.
The Kitchen has both a lock requiring a key, and a six letters and numbers pass-code. Under no circumstances are patients allowed within the kitchen. This is for the safety of
everyone
within the building.
The Recreation Centre is where the patients spend most of their time. It holds a large flat screen TV, two large plastic bookcases, one for fiction, and the other for non-fiction. There’re also traditional games, such as ‘Monopoly’ and ‘Cluedo’. Also present, are chequer boards and chess boards. Scattered around are several couches and chairs. Most things within the room are soft or plastic.
The Ward is present on the far side of the building, past the patient rooms. It is there for the health of the patients, such as self harm, allergic reactions to medicines, and for extreme cases of disorders such as anorexia and bulimia, when the patients require medical help to gain weight.
The Sanctuary is one of the links to the outside. It is a large, well cared for garden surrounded by the Hospital, so there is no chance of escape. It is only a large expanse of grass with an expanse of trees. The trees’ lower branches have been removed, so it is impossible to climb them.
Patient Rooms
The patient rooms are simple. They are simply white, with white furniture. Everything is plastic for safety, and the beds no longer contain springs. Rooms are shared, two to a person. Personal items are allowed within the Hospital, clothes, CD players, iPods though phones are forbidden. Smoking is permitted, but only within the Recreation Centre, hallways and Sanctuary. The ‘caretakers’ distribute the lighters for lighting the cigarettes. There are no locks on the doors.
Therapists/Doctors/Psychologists/General Workers
These are members who work within the building. Therapists and Psychologists have separate rooms within Blue Moon, and patients visit them on a monthly or weekly basis. Their rooms are signalled by wooden doors, the only wooden doors in the building. Doctors prescribe the medicine and hand it out within the cafeteria for the patients. General Workers are the ones that help with sorting out the cafeteria, handing out the food, and helping restrain patients to get them within straitjackets.
We wish for our patients to be comfortable within this establishment. Below is a form we would like you to fill in, so we can get to know you better, and to make your stay more enjoyable.
My name is [name here] and it is a pleasure to meet you.
Please just call me [nickname here] instead.
I have recently turned [age here] and I am glad to be older.
I am obviously a [gender here – unless the character has Gender Identity Disorder (this means they don’t think they are the gender they were born as)] if you cannot tell.
My sexuality is [straight, Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian]. I hope it isn’t a problem to you.
I act [personality here] so take it as it is.
My disorder is [enter disorder here] and this means [description of disorder]. Because of that I [what the disorder makes you do]
I have a crush on [say who you like here]
I am currently dating [say name of boyfriend or girlfriend]
I am fond of [put likes in here] but I don’t particularly enjoy [put in dislikes here]
I am in unit [either unit two or three. Or unit one and then moved to whichever unit. The character can’t be in unit one, otherwise they cannot interact with anyone else] because I have [time left in years or month] left and I am [dangerous...calming down...getting better...etc]
I was sent to the Hospital because I [put the reason in here. For example, you attacked someone, you pleaded insanity at court for an unexplainable crime...]
Just in case you don’t already know I [put in any information left out here]
And this is what I look like [image here]
((Just include therapists and doctors when you need them, or I can do them =3 - Delete everything in [brackets] please!))
Blue Moon Psychiatric Hospital
My name is Elizabeth Black and it is a pleasure to meet you.
Please just call me Liz or Lizzie instead.
I have recently turned 22 and I am glad to be older.
I am obviously a female if you cannot tell.
My sexually is bisexual. I hope it isn’t a problem to you.
I act like a party animal and I like sex too so take it as it is.
My disorder is depression and this means I am sad and don't like life Because of that I cut myself,burn myself, and I hear evil voices
I have a crush on no one yet
I am currently dating no one yet
I am fond of smoking,sex,music,tattoos,drinking,drugs I don’t particularly enjoy abuse,being alone,and being cold
I am in unit 2because I have 4 years left and I am dangerous
I was sent to the Hospital because I failed at attempting suicide
Just in case you don’t already know I am a very good listener and a good friend
And this is what I look like Megan Fox
Plot – If it is in Italics, don’t feel compelled to read it. If you don’t want to, don’t. It’s just an...overview, I guess.
“They call it a Haven. We call it a Prison. The Blue Moon Psychiatric Hospital is just that. A hospital for crazies, people who are ill, sick, wrong in the head. Brought here for various reasons, each more shocking, less believable than the last. Some are here for years, others months. Some haven’t seen the outside world for nearly a decade. They say we’re here for our own health. In truth, it’s for the health of everyone else; we’re dangerous, to society, to them, to everyone! White rooms, white halls, white, white, white...It’s all a lie, all filthy lies! They’re using us, guinea pigs, guinea pigs is all we are to them!”
The above statement was given by a patient residing within Blue Moon. The report later comments on how this particular patient turned on his residing roommate and killed him with a spring he had torn from his bed, because the ‘voices in his head told him to’. Despite what he says, Blue Moon has been known as reform, greatly helping many people who are suffering from mental trauma. They are said to help. They are said to help, and the name ‘Blue Moon’ originates from their belief. ‘Only once in a blue moon, can a patient of ours never be treated’. As known by many, a majority of people who enter the establishment’s doors leave completely changed.
“We are here to help our patients. It is our job to ensure that they are well. Ninety nine percent of the time, those that join us, leave us free of ailment. We make the surroundings as comfortable as possible, and give the patients free reign around the building. It is common knowledge that parents, siblings, relatives and friends are allowed to visit on Saturdays and Sundays. Phone calls are permitted everyday for the patients, but only to receive. We do not let them make their own phone calls, for safety purposes. There is a recreation room, a ward, cafeteria. Even a garden, to which they can walk in and relax. We allow them their own clothes, their own items, as long as they follow safety regulations...therapists and doctors are on all day call, we ensure the utmost in our patient’s comfort and enjoyment of their stay. Blue Moon is only here to help,”
The statement seen above was given by the Director of Blue Moon, giving a general, believable description of the Hospital.
Four days later, a dead body was found in the backwoods of the building, floating face down in the stream. The Director said it was suicide. People asked how they young girl got out there in the first place. Questions were asked. Within two weeks, it was sorted out. It was never mentioned again. By a month later, the parents of the girl had moved country. Life settled down. Blue Moon accepted and discharged patients on a daily, weekly, monthly basis.
Some started to realise that the people who were going in, were not leaving. They didn’t question it. People with bad mental health, the population decided, were not safe for normal life. It is either they go to Blue Moon, or they go to jail, yes? It was a shame no one questioned it, no one pried too deep. Or else they would have realised the horrors within the walls.
No questions were asked about Blue Moon. People knew that those who were sent there, needed help, and that’s as far as it went. In truth, patients were used as medication experimentation, and more often than not, their mental state got worse rather than better. When a patient started learning too much, they were killed and it was played off as suicide.
Blue Moon Psychiatric Hospital
Blue Moon was opened in 1996 and has currently been running for over twelve years. It is located on the outskirts of a quaint town in the east of England, inconspicuous, the only building for miles and miles in any direction. It accepts patients who either admit themselves with the fear of illness, or patients who are sent there as an alternative from jail, having pleaded insanity. It is a large, white building, and is broken into several Units. Unit One consists of Isolation. This is for patients who are deemed hazardous to others around them. They are kept locked in their rooms – of relative comfort – and are brought their food. They are escorted to and from the showers and bathrooms, and at times are required to wear straitjackets. Unit Two is for those that show no sign of improving. These are the long term patients, those who have been admitted for more than a year. Unit Three is for those that are ending the ‘treatment’. They are calmer than most, need less medication, and do not require seeing psychologists as often as others may. Unit One and Two are mingled together. All of the windows in the rooms patients are constantly in include bars, and metal meshes across them so they cannot escape.
There is a Cafeteria and a Kitchen – which is strictly out of bounds – as well as the Recreation Centre and the Hospital. The building is in a large rectangular shape. In the centre of the building, surrounded by the walls of the building, is the ‘Sanctuary’.
The Cafeteria holds long, rectangular white tables. The knives, forks, and spoons are plastic, the plates Styrofoam. Meals are set, and passed out from a plastic cart that a worker within the facility walks by with. Medications are normally served within this time as well.
The Kitchen has both a lock requiring a key, and a six letters and numbers pass-code. Under no circumstances are patients allowed within the kitchen. This is for the safety of
everyone
within the building.
The Recreation Centre is where the patients spend most of their time. It holds a large flat screen TV, two large plastic bookcases, one for fiction, and the other for non-fiction. There’re also traditional games, such as ‘Monopoly’ and ‘Cluedo’. Also present, are chequer boards and chess boards. Scattered around are several couches and chairs. Most things within the room are soft or plastic.
The Ward is present on the far side of the building, past the patient rooms. It is there for the health of the patients, such as self harm, allergic reactions to medicines, and for extreme cases of disorders such as anorexia and bulimia, when the patients require medical help to gain weight.
The Sanctuary is one of the links to the outside. It is a large, well cared for garden surrounded by the Hospital, so there is no chance of escape. It is only a large expanse of grass with an expanse of trees. The trees’ lower branches have been removed, so it is impossible to climb them.
Patient Rooms
The patient rooms are simple. They are simply white, with white furniture. Everything is plastic for safety, and the beds no longer contain springs. Rooms are shared, two to a person. Personal items are allowed within the Hospital, clothes, CD players, iPods though phones are forbidden. Smoking is permitted, but only within the Recreation Centre, hallways and Sanctuary. The ‘caretakers’ distribute the lighters for lighting the cigarettes. There are no locks on the doors.
Therapists/Doctors/Psychologists/General Workers
These are members who work within the building. Therapists and Psychologists have separate rooms within Blue Moon, and patients visit them on a monthly or weekly basis. Their rooms are signalled by wooden doors, the only wooden doors in the building. Doctors prescribe the medicine and hand it out within the cafeteria for the patients. General Workers are the ones that help with sorting out the cafeteria, handing out the food, and helping restrain patients to get them within straitjackets.
We wish for our patients to be comfortable within this establishment. Below is a form we would like you to fill in, so we can get to know you better, and to make your stay more enjoyable.
My name is [name here] and it is a pleasure to meet you.
Please just call me [nickname here] instead.
I have recently turned [age here] and I am glad to be older.
I am obviously a [gender here – unless the character has Gender Identity Disorder (this means they don’t think they are the gender they were born as)] if you cannot tell.
My sexuality is [straight, Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian]. I hope it isn’t a problem to you.
I act [personality here] so take it as it is.
My disorder is [enter disorder here] and this means [description of disorder]. Because of that I [what the disorder makes you do]
I have a crush on [say who you like here]
I am currently dating [say name of boyfriend or girlfriend]
I am fond of [put likes in here] but I don’t particularly enjoy [put in dislikes here]
I am in unit [either unit two or three. Or unit one and then moved to whichever unit. The character can’t be in unit one, otherwise they cannot interact with anyone else] because I have [time left in years or month] left and I am [dangerous...calming down...getting better...etc]
I was sent to the Hospital because I [put the reason in here. For example, you attacked someone, you pleaded insanity at court for an unexplainable crime...]
Just in case you don’t already know I [put in any information left out here]
And this is what I look like [image here]
((Just include therapists and doctors when you need them, or I can do them =3 - Delete everything in [brackets] please!))
Blue Moon Psychiatric Hospital
My name is Elizabeth Black and it is a pleasure to meet you.
Please just call me Liz or Lizzie instead.
I have recently turned 22 and I am glad to be older.
I am obviously a female if you cannot tell.
My sexually is bisexual. I hope it isn’t a problem to you.
I act like a party animal and I like sex too so take it as it is.
My disorder is depression and this means I am sad and don't like life Because of that I cut myself,burn myself, and I hear evil voices
I have a crush on no one yet
I am currently dating no one yet
I am fond of smoking,sex,music,tattoos,drinking,drugs I don’t particularly enjoy abuse,being alone,and being cold
I am in unit 2because I have 4 years left and I am dangerous
I was sent to the Hospital because I failed at attempting suicide
Just in case you don’t already know I am a very good listener and a good friend
And this is what I look like Megan Fox
