Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) and Bipolar are two of the most common diagnosis that I see in patients admitted to the psychiatric hospital where I work. Ten years ago, bipolar diagnoses were few and far between. How come all of a sudden everyone is bipolar? What’s...
When you work in healthcare and particularly in the mental health arena, nowhere is it more evident that our system is ineffective, enables dependency, costs a fortune and likes to grab and keep people entrenched in the system instead of making them healthier. The...
Your Voice Ohio sponsored a community forum to discuss opioid epidemic. It was on Sunday afternoon and I was curious enough to hear what others had to say that I penciled it in on my calendar, and when that snowy Sunday arrived, I hightailed it downtown. The meeting...
You can’t hardly go anywhere or talk to anyone anymore who doesn’t bring up their anxiety, their kid’s anxiety, and even their pet’s anxiety. Seriously, now even dogs are taking Prozac and Xanax. This is nuts! People talk about their anxiety like it’s a creature that...
For the past twenty-four years I’ve worked in emergency rooms and psychiatric wards as a registered nurse. As far as I’m concerned, much of my nursing career has been a twenty-four year long research project. I continue to be saddened by what I see when it comes to...
Doctor’s & Nurses Don’t Understand Addiction The longer I work in healthcare, the more I realize that we’ll never get a hold of the global opiate scourge until the people who work in medicine can get a grip on what’s happening. Addicts and...
