Schizophrenia, borderline personality disorder, bipolar. All words that make most people uncomfortable due to a lack of information, misinformation and stigma around mental health. But one nurse has ...
We connected quickly and were honest with each other about why we were there. When he rejected me, I realized I'd just been reaching out for a connection. Romantic comedies are always set in cinematic ...
Virginia’s 2014 “bed of last resort” law requires state psychiatric hospitals to admit patients in a mental health crisis if private facilities will not take them in. Temporary detention orders, which ...
You know those scenes in movies where the patient in the psych ward desperately insists that they're not crazy, but everyone just rolls their eyes at them and their seemingly outlandish claims? Well, ...
All too often in popular culture, hospitals that provide desperately needed help for patients having mental health crises are turned into the stuff of jokes and nightmares. I'm hoping that ...
“Oh, there’s no place like home for the holidays,” I croon, strumming a borrowed guitar. I’m attempting to be quiet enough to not overshadow others’ conversations while still setting a merry vibe ...
In 2016, I was admitted to a psych ward, where I fell for another patient. We connected quickly and were honest with each other about why we were there. When he rejected me, I realized I'd just been ...