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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? . Breakdown makes a sound case in favor of Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT), an evidence-based tool that’s widely underutilized.

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

Social Work Blog

It gaslights people into thinking they are not unwell and delays or deters those who are ill from seeking treatment or following a treatment plan created with a credentialed provider. People who need help should turn to trusted sources.

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Your Comprehensive Guide to Kids and Anxiety

Beautiful Voyager

Symptoms of anxiety include avoiding the situation that triggers anxiety, says Dr. Takesha Cooper , assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of California Riverside School of Medicine and a child and adolescent psychiatrist at the Riverside County Department of Mental Health's Lake Elsinore Family Mental Health Services.

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