Category Archives: St. Joseph’s Hospital
How Not To Be Depressed, Part 2a
2. Intentionally live a healthy life. If you want to not get depressed, then live a physically healthy life. Go to bed early, eat a healthy diet and get plenty of exercise. Your emotions travel the biochemical and nerve routes … Continue reading
Notes on Searches
“concentual sex in locked inpatient mental health settings” The word is “consensual,” from the base word “consent.” “stony brook cpep” There are a lot of queries about Stony Brook CPEP, located on Long Island. Apparently there is a serious problem … Continue reading
Starting One Week Ago—Check It Out
The NYS Commission on Quality of Care and Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities (CQC) has been supplanted by the NYS Justice Center for the Protection of People with Special Needs. http://www.justicecenter.ny.gov/ Governor Cuomo Announces Opening of the Justice Center for the Protection … Continue reading
The Discharge Non-Plan (Part I)
I wake in the pre-dawn darkness. It is spring. The windows are open and the birdsong is heard. I dread this day, as I now dread all days. In the hospital I was on total bed rest. Staff emptied my … Continue reading
Instant Sanka Made with Tap Water is not Coffee
R. N. Katy is one of the badies. She has been working nights here for about two decades. She had a reputation for being rigid, morally judgmental, and sitting in the nurses’ station reading her bible. I slept most nights … Continue reading
Saturday 20 April, Continued
Last night at 6:20 p.m. I called the nurses’ station and asked when supper would be served. I was told that it had been served at 6:00 p.m. When I asked why my tray had not been brought, there was … Continue reading
Thursday 18 April, Continued
Every time I sleep—nap or nighttime—I wake dreaming of 3-6. This time I dream I am filled with pus. I write to get it out of me and into the hands of people who can implement change. Thursday 18 April, continued: … Continue reading
Words Written and Unwritten
So, on Thursday 18 April, on Unit 3-6, the inpatient psychiatric unit of St. Joseph’s Hospital, I re-discovered writing. I had something to say and no computer, so I picked up a pen and set it to paper. I stopped … Continue reading
Kyle Sibley, Licensed Clinical Social Worker (Part II)
You’re supposed to have a social work assessment during the first 24 hours you’re on Unit 3-6. I never got one. The reason I wanted one was because I thought I might get treated better if the staff knew, for … Continue reading
Kyle Sibley, Licensed Clinical Social Worker
It’s odd, watching your mind go. My psychologist told me years ago that if you randomly selected a thousand people then I’d be the smartest person in the room (or auditorium, if you will), but high glucose dummies you down. … Continue reading
Behind the Locked Doors of Inpatient Psychiatry 