Relias

JULY 13, 2023

Older adults in healthcare settings and long-term care facilities are more likely to have a behavioral health disorder than those who live in the community, according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. You should never deny individuals the opportunity to make decisions for themselves when they are able to do so.

Recovery 52

Recovery Disorder Mental Health Schizophrenia 52

Bipolar Bandit

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Administrative pressure to reduce hospital emergency lengths of stay can result in premature discharges. Approximately half of people with schizophrenia or bipolar lack awareness of their illness, called anosognosia. When schizophrenia goes untreated, the consequences can be deadly. Psychosis involves the most anosognosia.

Psychiatry 98

Psychiatry Interviewing Psychiatric Schizophrenia 98

Beautiful Voyager

JANUARY 28, 2024

Schizophrenia? I applied for at least 50 jobs there, both at my administrative level and below it. Others fidgeted, especially one woman whose entire body seemed to shake, from a pulsing foot to fidgety hands. I wondered. The silent, staring woman was in the line, still quiet, although her arms were no longer crossed.

Hospitals 52

Hospitals Mental Health Depression Anxiety 52