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Resources to Know During Suicide Prevention Awareness Month 2023

My Brains Not Broken

The Lifeline provides “free and confidential support for people in distress, prevention and crisis resources for you or your loved ones, and best practices for professionals.” By texting ‘TALK’ to 741741, you can have a confidential text conversation with someone.

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

Bipolar Bandit

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. A lot of advocates complain about how HIPAA interferes with care.

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NASW Observes Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Month

Social Work Blog

Time Moves Different in Here: Clinical Implications for Working with Populations of Color, Complex Trauma and Dissociation in the Age of COVID 19 . Addressing Diversity in PTSD Treatment: Clinical Considerations and Guidance for the Treatment of PTSD in LGBTQ Populations . Senior Practice Associate, Clinical Social work.

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Member Voices: Be Wary of Mental Health ‘Experts’ on Social Media

Social Work Blog

I see the devastating effects of this crisis in our community, emergency departments, and substance-use treatment centers through my roles as an emergency psychiatric and addiction Clinical Social Worker. Dial 988 on your phone to get free and confidential support services. Originally published in The Dorchester Reporter.

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My Short Stay in a Mental Health Hospital

Beautiful Voyager

So, I called my psychiatrist’s office and got an answering machine from an evidently-open urgent care clinic. I was definitely going to a psychiatric hospital, particularly since this was a weekend and my regular outpatient care team wasn’t available. The woman did finally find her boyfriend, at another psychiatric hospital.)