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Walking the Line: Navigating Student Mistreatment by Patients

Psychiatric Times

Effective communication strategies, such as using "I" statements and fostering patient self-reflection, can help address microaggressions without escalating tensions. 4 This step fosters self-reflection in the patient, which is often adequate for an introspective patient to understand their error. To Hospitalize or Not?

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More on homelessness and violence as a public health problem.

Real Psychiatry

Apart from occasional mass protests – I am not aware of any consistent widespread disorder in American cities that needs to be addressed. In the US all this data is siloed with respective insurers, managed care companies, pharmacy benefit managers, and pharmacies. I don’t think it is too much to consider that hyperbole.

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Why Do I Feel So Undeserving?

From Both Sides of the Couch

Self Tests NEW Therapy Center Student Resources Clinical Terms Types of Therapy Talk to Someone Find a Therapist Find a Treatment Center Find a Psychiatrist Find a Support Group Find Online Therapy Magazine Current July 2025 30 Mental Health Tune-ups Life never gets easier. We took off lights and sirens to the closest hospital.

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Less Time To Do More…. Psychotherapy On Acute Care Units

Real Psychiatry

At that time, I had just finished working as the Medical Director of a CMHC and consulting at a local hospital and was about 4 years into my role as an acute care psychiatrist on an inpatient unit. Instead of being harassed by an outside reviewer the harassment became internal for patients covered by public insurance.

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Robert Whitaker Answers Reader Questions on Pharma Marketing and Psychiatric Drugs

Mad in America

Was it related to medical insurance or government programs? One was the movie One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest , which presented the staff in a mental hospital as crazier than the patients and, frankly, brutal and oppressive. We are talking about hospitalized depression. Why should we pay for anything else?

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Expressive Arts Therapy: Unlocking Emotional Wellness

Lightwork

This type of therapy is different from traditional talk therapy because it lets you explore your inner self through creative expression. This multi-modal approach can unlock deeper levels of healing and self-discovery that traditional therapy alone might not access. It provides them with a safe space for self-discovery and healing.

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A Mad Perspective on IFS Training

Mad in America

The impact of trauma is that it drives us away from having the unifying principle of Self that can lead our parts with the wisdom of all our experiences to heal and work together in a healthy existence. In effect our Self, along with the Self-energy of the therapist, comes out and helps us understand it.