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

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Without proper treatment, symptoms worsen, and readmission to emergency services is inevitable-if they don’t inflict serious injury on themselves, others, or get arrested first. Approximately half of people with schizophrenia or bipolar lack awareness of their illness, called anosognosia. This results in treatment non-adherence.