Bipolar Bandit

APRIL 12, 2023

I’ve worked as a lecturer in medical school, a trainer of nurses in rural South Africa, and — since immigrating to Canada — a public health consultant with Indigenous communities. I had zero mental health issues for the first fifty-plus years of my life… Q: When did you first experience bipolar disorder?

Interviewing 52

Interviewing Disorder Depression Mental Health 52

Bipolar Bandit

APRIL 12, 2023

I’ve worked as a lecturer in medical school, a trainer of nurses in rural South Africa, and — since immigrating to Canada — a public health consultant with Indigenous communities. I had zero mental health issues for the first fifty-plus years of my life… Q: When did you first experience bipolar disorder?

Interviewing 52

Interviewing Disorder Depression Mental Health 52

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

Beautiful Voyager

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

On the other hand, as a peer specialist, I have noticed that in hospital or peer support group settings, men are overrepresented. The only two occasions I went to the hospital for my mental health challenges were 1) generalized anxiety with panic disorder and 2) severe depression with psychotic events and suicide attempt.

Psychology 52

Psychology Mental Health Recovery Depression 52

Teaching & Learning in Social Work

MAY 1, 2025

Melanie Sage, PhD, LCSW, owns Sage Training and Consulting, where she trains agencies and their staff to incorporate evidence-based practices in social services, including trauma-informed motivational interviewing, technology, and other best practices. Writing Tips Avoid jargon.

Engagement 130

Engagement Communication University Confidentiality 130

Community Care

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

A new duty on the patient’s responsible clinician to consult with a professional involved in the patient’s treatment when taking the decision to discharge. These include considering the patient’s wishes and feelings, assisting patients to participate in treatment decisions and consulting those close to the patient. What happens next?

Mental Health 58

Mental Health Government Criminal Justice Disability 58

Clinical Philosophy

JANUARY 31, 2021

Therapy may look like something which it makes sense to pay for if it’s dressed up as something technical - as if the patient is merely consulting for the therapist’s skill or knowledge. Consider Maya Abbott, a ‘tall, dark, attractive woman of twenty-eight’ who has spent 9 of the last 10 years in a psychiatric hospital.

Psychotherapy 52

Psychotherapy Therapist Justice and Corrections Interviewing 52