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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’m in my 14 th year as a mobile emergency psychiatric social worker. Although most mobile psychiatric emergency cases have involved mentally high functioning patients, I’ve been most invigorated from helping the most impaired patients, usually suffering from psychosis. My job is to make this happen. What do you mean by “mobile”?

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Crime prevention starts with protecting children

Stop Abuse Campaign

Their fight-or-flight mechanism activates, and most people will fight for themselves and their loved ones when it comes to self-preservation. According to one study , 12 percent of adult psychiatric patients receiving treatment in the San Diego County health system had prior incarcerations. ” Another oversimplification.

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My Short Stay in a Mental Health Hospital

Beautiful Voyager

I was definitely going to a psychiatric hospital, particularly since this was a weekend and my regular outpatient care team wasn’t available. Part 2: Orientation I’d been in a psychiatric hospital before, almost a year ago to the day. Schizophrenia? I’m self-employed,” I started. Better safe than sorry. No one left.