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

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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. Anosognosia is the most common reason people don’t adhere to treatment recommendations.

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Am I Going Through a Nervous Breakdown?

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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). In the past, mental health experts used many terms such as depression, anxiety, and acute stress disorder to refer to a nervous breakdown.

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Addressing Racism and Racial Trauma in Behavioral Healthcare: A Review With the Experts

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Dr. Jamila Holcomb is a licensed marriage and family therapist in Tallahassee, Florida, specializing in individual, family, and trauma counseling. He is the founder and CEO of Genesis Psychiatric Solutions, a mental health outpatient clinic with offices in Virginia and Washington D.C.