Bipolar Bandit

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

I can authorize involuntary transfers of patients to hospitals. If they don’t qualify for inpatient, I can refer them to outpatient treatment programs or give them self-help material. When patients with serious mental illness are not in jail or hospitalized, crisis can occur anywhere. My job is to make this happen.

Psychiatry 98

Psychiatry Interviewing Psychiatric Schizophrenia 98

Beautiful Voyager

JANUARY 28, 2024

For the past seventy-two hours I had been a guest of Mercy Hospital’s emergency room and both the hospital and I had settled in for the wait. I had my own room, a real hospital bed instead of an ER examination cot, and a menu card for the next day’s meals. I think I need to go to a hospital.” I think…” I started. “I

Hospitals 52

Hospitals Mental Health Depression Anxiety 52

Social Work Haven

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Educator : Social workers educate clients about resources, coping strategies, and life skills to enhance their well-being and self-sufficiency. Confidentiality: Maintaining strict confidentiality is essential. This approach helps clients build resilience and self-efficacy. Self-Care 13. Client Advocacy 6.

Social Worker 95

Social Worker Treatment Planning Interventional Justice and Corrections 95

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Fong writes in The Imprint about why the so-called Adoption and Safe Families Act is “A Dangerous Tool in An Arbitrary System.” --And in this essay, she takes on the harm of mandatory reporting laws. Two big new studies, one in JAMA Open and one in Academic Pediatrics examine who gets drug tested in hospitals and who doesn’t.

Child Welfare 111

Child Welfare Foster Care Welfare Adoption 111