Bipolar Bandit

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

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. I can authorize involuntary transfers of patients to hospitals.

Psychiatry 98

Psychiatry Interviewing Psychiatric Schizophrenia 98

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

Hospitals 52

Hospitals Mental Health Depression Anxiety 52

Social Workers Speak

AUGUST 5, 2021

.… The 38-year-old Dorchester native and first-generation Cape Verdean American works as a social worker in addictions at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and in the emergency psychiatric department at Boston Children’s Hospital. No one is immune… Her actions to prioritize her mental health should inspire us all.”

Criminal Justice 40

Criminal Justice Clinic Social Worker Human Services 40

University of Connecticut

MAY 8, 2023

I am completing my field education at Natchaug Hospital in an outpatient program for older adults experiencing mental health and co-occurring substance use disorders. My current internship has provided me with so many opportunities to meet with community partners, learn how to use anticipatory empathy, and practice motivational interviewing.

Justice and Corrections 52

Justice and Corrections LMSW Schools Mental Health 52

Social Workers Speak

APRIL 1, 2022

Rebellious columnist Jera Brown interviewed Dawn Cooperstein, LCSW about common issues folks with cPTSD face when it comes to intimate relationships and sexual desires. Gabriela Sehinkman is a member: Are Americans Unhappy? Five Thirty Eight. The disruptions themselves weren’t all bad for Americans’ happiness.

PTSD 40

PTSD Social Worker Self-harm Clinic 40

Society of Clinical Psychology

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

for example, 20% of individuals recall meeting the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM; American Psychiatric Association, 2013) criteria for major depressive disorder (MDD) at some point in their lives (Hasin et al., References American Psychiatric Association. General Hospital Psychiatry, 61, 104–110.

Psychotherapy 45

Psychotherapy CBT Psychiatry Depression 45

Society of Clinical Psychology

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Sites included community mental health centers, inpatient mental health hospitals, school-based services, and specialized programs for substance use or chronic homelessness. Balancing effectiveness with responsiveness: Therapist satisfaction across different treatment designs in the child STEPS randomized effectiveness trial.

Clinic 52

Clinic Mental Health Consultation Psychology 52