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

Bipolar Bandit

If they don’t qualify for inpatient, I can refer them to outpatient treatment programs or give them self-help material. But someone can have this level of psychosis with the ability to eat, sleep, clean herself, protect herself from basic harm, pay rent, along with not posing a risk of serious physical harm to anyone.

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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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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.