The education steering committee (a formal title they don’t actually have) called me on Friday to offer specific suggestions for my presentation on personality disorders. It is always a blessing when members of your audience tell you what they want to learn. Don’t let that information go to waste. The committee opined that the personality disorders […]
Categories: Consult-Liaison,Education,Lessons,Medicine
When I grow up, I want to be a drunk. I want to wake up feeling restless and uncomfortable. It’ll be neat to drag myself out of bed to open that first bottle of wine. I’ll drink all of it within an hour. Then I’ll go to the liquor store. The guy behind the counter will […]
Categories: Education,Homelessness,Lessons,Medicine,Observations
“I HEAR THEM! THEY ARE CALLING ME A CHEAP PROSTITUTE!” Her shouting is like a gas: It completely fills the space, regardless of the size of the container. The sound originates deep in her abdomen and bellows from her mouth before reverberating throughout the room. “THESE DISGUSTING MEN,” she shouts, “KEEP CALLING ME A WHORE! I […]
Categories: Fiction,Lessons,Observations
I originally wrote the post below over five years ago. It’s about a teenager I worked with for about six months at a residential treatment center. I still think about him from time to time; I hope that he was able to exit the mental health system. A few months later, I learned that, less […]
Categories: Homelessness,Lessons,Medicine,Observations
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