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

Bipolar Bandit

What inspired you to write the book, Breakdown: A Clinician’s Experience in a Broken System of Emergency Psychiatry , that got published in October of 2018? . I’m in my 14 th year as a mobile emergency psychiatric social worker. The team would inform the patient of this override.

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

Social Work Blog

The next time you stumble on a social media post about mental health, stop to see who posted it and if they have a degree or license in social work, mental health counseling, psychology, psychiatry, or medicine, for example. Dial 988 on your phone to get free and confidential support services.