Disorder Interviewing Psychiatric 
Bipolar Bandit
APRIL 12, 2023
Interview with Merryl Hammond, PhD, Editor of Navigating Bipolar Country and author of Mad Like Me Q: To start, could you tell us a bit about your background and work, Merryl? I had zero mental health issues for the first fifty-plus years of my life… Q: When did you first experience bipolar disorder? A few days into the crisis, BANG!
Community Care
APRIL 24, 2025
The role of the police in detentions The police have specific powers under sections 135 and 136 of the MHA to detain people with a mental disorder, both with and without a warrant. This would be carried out via an interview by an independent mental health advocate (IMHA) within 30 days of discharge.
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Bipolar Bandit
APRIL 12, 2023
Interview with Merryl Hammond, PhD, Editor of Navigating Bipolar Country and author of Mad Like Me Q: To start, could you tell us a bit about your background and work, Merryl? I had zero mental health issues for the first fifty-plus years of my life… Q: When did you first experience bipolar disorder? A few days into the crisis, BANG!
Bipolar Bandit
APRIL 12, 2023
Interview with Merryl Hammond, PhD, Editor of Navigating Bipolar Country and author of Mad Like Me Q: To start, could you tell us a bit about your background and work, Merryl? I had zero mental health issues for the first fifty-plus years of my life… Q: When did you first experience bipolar disorder? A few days into the crisis, BANG!
University of Connecticut
JANUARY 22, 2024
There is a wealth of knowledge about each disorder, but there is a lack of training on what questions to ask a client in order to properly develop a thorough and accurate diagnosis. Clinical diagnosis may seem safe from cultural, political, and social influence, but in fact, it is often guided by these forces.
University of Connecticut
MAY 8, 2023
I am completing my field education at Natchaug Hospital in an outpatient program for older adults experiencing mental health and co-occurring substance use disorders. My current internship has provided me with so many opportunities to meet with community partners, learn how to use anticipatory empathy, and practice motivational interviewing.
Clinical Philosophy
DECEMBER 23, 2020
Much of her paper is concerned with evaluating the idea that mental disorders are or are not 'in' the individuals diagnosed with them. Suffice it for now to say that she's a 28 year old only child who has mainly stayed in a psychiatric hospital during the last 10 years, and who was evacuated to live away from her parents during WWII.
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