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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. My job is to make this happen. I can authorize involuntary transfers of patients to hospitals.

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

Social Work Blog

I see the devastating effects of this crisis in our community, emergency departments, and substance-use treatment centers through my roles as an emergency psychiatric and addiction Clinical Social Worker. I have a master’s degree in Social Work and am a Licensed Certified Social Worker (LCSW). My concern is not unwarranted.

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Am I Going Through a Nervous Breakdown?

Beautiful Voyager

The term is no longer used because it has not been recognized as a mental health disorder by the American Psychiatry Association in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM–5). Frequent thoughts of self-harm or suicide. Self-care also involves avoiding alcohol, drugs, and prescription drug misuse.