??? 71. Inpatient Psychiatric Care Exposed: Are We Healing Or Hurting Patients?

TW: The episode released today?discusses topics including mental illness, sexual assault, and suicide.

Here's a little exercise for you -?

I want you to remember the last time you were at the hospital. Maybe you needed to admit yourself for a broken bone or maybe you brought a family member or friend to get treated.?

The last time I was at the hospital was for a UTI gone wrong.. Yeah, my kidney almost failed.

Now, I want you to remember leaving the hospital. You probably got discharged from the facility with some meds and/or maybe a cast that fixed your bone.?

And sometimes they tell you to follow up with your general practitioner to make sure you’re healing well.

At most healthcare facilities, this is the norm. You, the patient, are at the center of it all. And the main goal is to get YOU better.

But what if I told you that this isn’t ALWAYS the case.

I’m talking about the case of inpatient psychiatric care.?

In this episode, I feature Dr. Morgan Shields, an Assistant Professor at Washington University,?whose lived experiences might make you question the state of mental healthcare in the United States.?

From witnessing it from the sidelines as her father experienced bipolar disorder, to experiencing psychosis and manic episodes herself, she found herself asking time and time again for help only to walk away feeling disappointed, hurt, and abandoned of the system.?

Her journey is one that you’ll be thinking about weeks after hearing her story.

Have you or a loved one experienced care at an Inpatient Psychiatric facility? If so, and if you're comfortable with sharing, I'd love to hear about it! Hit reply!

Listen NOW to 71. Inpatient Psychiatric Care Exposed: Are We Healing Or Hurting Patients? w/ Dr. Morgan Shields

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