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Guest Post: Interview with Author of Breakdown: A Clinician’s Experience in a Broken System of Emergency Psychiatry

Bipolar Bandit

I had done mental health advocacy work on a national scale for years before beginning to work on Breakdown and was very inspired by advocates’ tragic stories. Emergency programs doing bed searches could report to the government and units could be closed if discrimination is not resolved. . Psychosis involves the most anosognosia.

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Crime prevention starts with protecting children

Stop Abuse Campaign

Many governments have developed aid and support programs that provide food benefits, living help, and restricted cash to alleviate the stress of poverty and satisfy needs for necessities. . In contrast, 28 percent of Connecticut residents treated for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder had been arrested or detained. . Melanie Blow.