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Psychiatric hospitals, or psych wards, are places that help rehabilitate those with serious mental health conditions. Here patients are provided with treatment for their disorders….
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In his 1949 piece “Creative Therapy”, Jacob Lawrence paints this engaging scene that depicts several psychiatric patients engaged in painting. Prior to his prestige and…
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At times, it is easy to assume that those admitted to the psychiatric ward of hospitals are affected only by staff-patient relationships. Brian E. Pardee’s…
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Emergency physician, author, and public speaker Dr. Louis M. Profeta works at St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis. His poem, “I’ll Look At Your Facebook Profile Before I Tell…
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On April 26, 2015, 19-year-old Timothy Henderson, a resident of the North West Territories in Canada, was taken off life support after sustaining self-harm injuries,…
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You are seven years old… alone in the hospital, away from home and the support of family and friends. You can’t go to school, roughhouse…