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In case you didn't know, In case you haven't heard, Our lives are inner-connected. You, just by virtue of being here and living your life day in and day out, touch other people. Whether you like it or not. And when you decide to off yourself at...

Published 4 Nov 2009 3:55 PM by Trench Warfare

Filed under: children, life, suicide
You Know How You Get That Feeling....

....that something is going to boomerang? Yeah. I work for a free standing psychiatric hospital, as you may or may not realize, and part of my job is doing admissions for them after midnight. "After" being the operative word here. BEFORE 12...

Published 7 Oct 2009 3:01 AM by Trench Warfare

Filed under: children, in the field, mental health, mundane office drivel
Crisis! Consumer Moans! PSA!

I have somehow managed to lock myself out of my Facebook account. This, my friends, is a travesity. Plain and simple. What's more, if current "friends" look for me on their FB friend list, I'm simply not there. In fact, I don't turn...

Published 28 Jul 2009 7:15 PM by Trench Warfare

Filed under: children, flat-out bitching, life, odds n ends, rants
No Jo!

So. When you're sitting with one of the admissions clinicians (yes, we're called that. Pretentious, isn't it?) and going through the process of getting your kid admitted to the psych ward, said clinician is going to observe behaviors. Yours...

Published 22 Jul 2009 5:28 PM by Trench Warfare

Filed under: children, domestic issues, mental health
Criteria (How's THAT for a Boring Blog Title?)

If I'm admitting someone to the hospital, that person needs to meet certain criteria. This means that he must be, and I quote, "homicidal, suicidal or psychotic". I think the list is pretty self explanatory and the criteria is the same for...

Published 11 Jun 2009 4:05 PM by Trench Warfare

Filed under: child welfare, children, health insurance, mental health
Listen Kid....

I'm trying to have a good week here. It's my birthday week and all--I'm trying to go all fluff on my blog. So when I hear that you tried to set a fire to your 84-year-old-neighbor's house? Well--that sorta puts a damper on my mood. ->...

Published 28 May 2009 4:27 PM by Trench Warfare

Filed under: blogging, children, in the field, mental health
Whine, Whine, Whine

Time: For social worker to go to bed. Headache, lack of sleep and sugar withdrawal = cranky, surly, not-so-very-chipper helper person. Just when I think I might actually have a slow night (the dangers of this thought process! I never even say the words...

Published 9 Apr 2009 11:00 AM by Trench Warfare

Filed under: child welfare, children, mental health
Continuing a theme! Next There's Going To Be Matching Drapes and Throw Pillows

Dear Santa, Hi there. I know it's been a while; sorry about that. I am also aware that this is your busiest time of year, so I'll try to make this brief. This is what I want for Christmas: No more youth admissions until after the first of the...

Published 11 Dec 2008 2:03 PM by Trench Warfare

Filed under: child welfare, children, mental health, teens
Oppositional Defiant Disorder: The Quickie Version. And then I just go off...

(All references are to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders , Fourth Edition, Text Revision unless hyperlinked. The little numbers out to the side are diagnosis codes. The DSM, written in America by Americans, roughly half of whom...

Published 10 Nov 2008 11:00 AM by Trench Warfare

Filed under: children, mental health, rants

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