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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 increasingly realized that there is no opportunity to influence legislators to change the system in the clinical setting. I wrote Breakdown to appeal for legislative reform because it’s nearly impossible to change the system from within the trenches of clinical work. My job is to make this happen. What do you mean by “mobile”?

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Am I Going Through a Nervous Breakdown?

Beautiful Voyager

Etiology may include mental health disorders such as anxiety disorder, depression, or schizophrenia. Frequent thoughts of self-harm or suicide. People experiencing a nervous breakdown may show symptoms that are similar to clinical depression. Self-care also involves avoiding alcohol, drugs, and prescription drug misuse.

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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. Schizophrenia? I was self-employed and wondered if this hiatus would have an effect on my income and reputation. I’ve had worsening fantasies of harming or killing myself and I haven’t been able to get rid of them.