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Tag Archives: psychiatric hospitalization
NYS Office of Mental Health: The Non-Investigation
Ms Pam Wondro, CSW NYS Office of Mental Health Central New York Field Office 545 Cedar St. Syracuse, NY 13210 Dear Ms Wondro: A dispassionate reader of your letter observed, “This is bullshit.” I did not call you to investigate … Continue reading
Posted in CPEP, Inpatient psychiatry, mental illness, NYS Office of Mental Health, psychiatric patient, St. Joseph's Hospital
Tagged Bipolar disorder, bullshit, Carol Hayes-Collier, Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program, CPEP, David Brownell, depression, Emergency psychiatry, Jeannie Straussman, mental health, Mental Hygiene Legal Service, Michael Hungerford, NYS Commission on Quality of Care, NYS Office of Mental Health, OMH Central New York Field Office, Onondaga County Dept. of Mental Health, Pam Wondro, patient advocate, Post-Standard, psychiatric hospital, psychiatric hospitalization, Psychiatry, St. Joseph's Hospital, Syracuse newspapers, Ted Pasinski, Theodore Pasinski, Unit 3-6
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Made, Not Born: An End to Inpatient Psychiatric Hospitalization (Part II)
(Continuation) Most of the patients on inpatient psychiatry behaved toward me like normal, civilized human beings. A fellow named Mark became something of my protector. Several young girls acted toward me as grandchildren. Because I am (a) a nice person, … Continue reading
Posted in Community General Hospital, CPEP, Hutchings Psychiatric Center, Inpatient psychiatry, mental illness, Mental Patients Liberation Alliance, NYS Office of Mental Health, psychiatric patient, psychiatrist, St. Joseph's Hospital, Suicide, Support line, Upstate Medical Center
Tagged inpatient psychiatry, Medicine, mental illness, psychiatric diagnosis, psychiatric hospital, psychiatric hospitalization, psychiatric patient, psychiatric staff, Psychiatry, psychoneuroimmunoendocrinology
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Made, Not Born: An End to Inpatient Psychiatric Hospitalization (Part I)
On Christmas night, I took an overdose—nothing planned, not a suicide attempt, just a blind irrational act of pain. I hung up from a phone call and swallowed all the pills on my bedside tray table. Had there been … Continue reading
Posted in CPEP, Inpatient psychiatry, mental illness, NYS Office of Mental Health, psychiatric patient, psychiatrist, St. Joseph's Hospital, Suicide
Tagged CPEP, inpatient psychiatry, involuntary commitment, overdose, psychiatric hospital, psychiatric hospitalization, suicide attempt, Unit 3-6
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Answers to More Questions
Family physician prescribe lithium Medicaid ANYONE TAKING LITHIUM SHOULD HAVE LITHIUM LEVELS DONE EVERY TWO MONTHS; KIDNEY FUNCTION SHOULD BE CHECKED EVERY SIX MONTHS, AND AN EKG SHOULD BE DONE ONCE A YEAR. Family physicians should not be prescribing lithium. … Continue reading
Posted in Inpatient psychiatry, mental illness
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