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My Short Stay in a Mental Health Hospital

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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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Am I Going Through a Nervous Breakdown?

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Etiology may include mental health disorders such as anxiety disorder, depression, or schizophrenia. Frequent thoughts of self-harm or suicide. Intrusive thoughts or flashbacks of a traumatic event are similar to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Sudden angry outbursts or extreme mood swings.