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Guest Post: Interview with Merryl Hammond, PD; Author of Mad Like Me and Navigating Bipolar Country

Bipolar Bandit

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? Nothing worked until — after two psychiatric hospitalizations — they finally found a combination of five meds that stabilized me (and virtually knocked me senseless!).

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Impact of Mobile Forensic Interviews

Center for Child Protection

This is the story of our Mobile Forensic Interviews. This is where our Mobile Forensic Interviews come into play. Conducted at secure and private facilities such as hospitals, residential treatment centers, and juvenile detention centers, these interviews ensure that no child is left unheard, even in the most challenging circumstances.

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15 Behavioral Interview Questions for Nurses

Relias

In this article, we’ll look at how the behavioral interview technique can provide deeper insights to better inform your hiring decisions. We’ll also provide some sample behavioral interview questions for nurses that you can use and adapt to save time. A nurse candidate prepares to answer a behavioral interview question.

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The middle-class white person’s guide to dealing with a child abuse allegation

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

The actual title is “What do Do If You Are Mistakenly Accused of Child Abuse in a Hospital Emergency Room.” Then comes a claim that, for some hospitals, is demonstrably false. The hospital contacts CPS only when staff suspect maltreatment. And these are just the hospitals that will say it out loud.

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Older people unlawfully detained in mental health hospitals because of poor DoLS practice, warns CQC

Community Care

Older people are being unlawfully detained in mental health hospitals “in very many cases” because of poor practice around the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS), the Care Quality Commission has warned. It said the issue was exacerbated for people from black and minority groups living in deprived areas.

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NCCPR news and commentary round-up, week ending February 8, 2022

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

The Imprint’s weekly podcast features a fascinating interview with Andrea Elliott, author of Invisible Child. ? There’s more about the failure of the current system, the racial and class bias that are built into it, and the case for abolition in this Youth Today interview with University of Pennsylvania Prof.

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Guest Post: Interview with Merryl Hammond, PhD; Author of Mad Like Me and Navigating Bipolar Country

Bipolar Bandit

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? Nothing worked until — after two psychiatric hospitalizations — they finally found a combination of five meds that stabilized me (and virtually knocked me senseless!).