Beautiful Voyager

JANUARY 28, 2024

For the past seventy-two hours I had been a guest of Mercy Hospital’s emergency room and both the hospital and I had settled in for the wait. I had my own room, a real hospital bed instead of an ER examination cot, and a menu card for the next day’s meals. I think I need to go to a hospital.” I think…” I started. “I

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Abuse Survivor

MARCH 22, 2022

I think anyone would under my circumstances of life plus debilitating PTSD symptoms. I have to remember that I wake up with a certain amount of stress and accept that I’m not running around like someone that doesn’t have PTSD so I need to give myself a break. I will work on my patience and self compassion this week.

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Beautiful Voyager

JANUARY 3, 2022

In the past, mental health experts used many terms such as depression, anxiety, and acute stress disorder to refer to a nervous breakdown. The term is no longer used because it has not been recognized as a mental health disorder by the American Psychiatry Association in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM–5).

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Social Workers Speak

APRIL 1, 2022

With some of the clients I see the eating disordered behaviors, the self harming, the obsessive compulsive type of behaviors. Kate Morris is a member: Does Vermont have enough eating disorder treatment for youth? Dawn Cooperstein is a member: Navigating Intimate Relationships with Complex PTSD. Rebellious.

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Relias

APRIL 22, 2022

As we mark Patient Experience Week from April 25 to April 29 this year, The Beryl Institute , which sponsors the week, is encouraging organizations to participate to enhance patient and staff relations, increase hospital morale, and improve communication.

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MQ Mental Health

AUGUST 16, 2021

[Content warning: This blog references violence, suicide and self-harm]. I have done lots of therapy and have been an inpatient at a mental health hospital on two occasions for about four weeks each time. I haven't self-harmed or attempted to take my life in a long time. It was this that led me to MQ. "I

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