After the Psychiatric ER: A Practical Guide to the First 48 Hours, Medications, and Follow-Up Mental Health Care

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The Discharge Most Patients Are Not Ready For The American psychiatric emergency department is a remarkable but limited intervention. It can keep a person alive through a crisis, run urgent labs and toxicology, restart medications, and sometimes negotiate an inpatient admission. What it cannot do is provide the kind of continuous mental health care a recovering patient … Read more

After the Psychiatric ER: A Practical Guide to the First 48 Hours, Medications, and Follow-Up Mental Health Care

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The Discharge Most Patients Are Not Ready For The American psychiatric emergency department is a remarkable but limited intervention. It can keep a person alive through a crisis, run urgent labs and toxicology, restart medications, and sometimes negotiate an inpatient admission. What it cannot do is provide the kind of continuous mental health care a recovering patient … Read more

Exercise Prescription for Depression: The 150-Minute Threshold and Why Walking Fails Without Intensity

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Marcus from Tucson had tried three antidepressants over four years. His new psychiatrist did something the others had not. She wrote a real exercise depression prescription on a pad with her DEA number at the top: “Moderate-vigorous exercise, 150 minutes weekly, four sessions, beginning week one.” She also referred him to a behavioral health exercise … Read more

Exercise Prescription for Depression: The 150-Minute Threshold and Why Walking Fails Without Intensity

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Marcus from Tucson had tried three antidepressants over four years. His new psychiatrist did something the others had not. She wrote a real exercise depression prescription on a pad with her DEA number at the top: “Moderate-vigorous exercise, 150 minutes weekly, four sessions, beginning week one.” She also referred him to a behavioral health exercise … Read more

Refeeding Syndrome: Recognising and Preventing the Sometimes-Fatal Complication of Eating Disorder Recovery

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Hannah was 16, admitted to Cincinnati Children’s Hospital after months of restrictive eating that ended with a heart rate of 38 and a potassium of 2.7. Her parents, who had been begging her to eat for nearly a year, finally exhaled when she sat at the meal tray on day two and finished her oatmeal. … Read more

Refeeding Syndrome: Recognising and Preventing the Sometimes-Fatal Complication of Eating Disorder Recovery

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Hannah was 16, admitted to Cincinnati Children’s Hospital after months of restrictive eating that ended with a heart rate of 38 and a potassium of 2.7. Her parents, who had been begging her to eat for nearly a year, finally exhaled when she sat at the meal tray on day two and finished her oatmeal. … Read more

Schizophrenia Treatment Programs: Coordinated Specialty Care, ACT Teams, and First-Episode Programs

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Marcus was twenty-one years old, a junior at the University of Cincinnati studying mechanical engineering, when his roommate noticed him whispering to a corner of their dorm room at three in the morning. Within six weeks, Marcus had stopped attending classes, accused his mother of poisoning the family dog, and barricaded himself in his bedroom … Read more

Schizophrenia Treatment Programs: Coordinated Specialty Care, ACT Teams, and First-Episode Programs

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Marcus was twenty-one years old, a junior at the University of Cincinnati studying mechanical engineering, when his roommate noticed him whispering to a corner of their dorm room at three in the morning. Within six weeks, Marcus had stopped attending classes, accused his mother of poisoning the family dog, and barricaded himself in his bedroom … Read more

Adult ADHD Lifestyle Management: Beyond Medication, Practical Systems That Work

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Jenna was thirty-four, an attorney in Austin, when she finally got the diagnosis that explained two decades of half-finished projects, lost keys, and panicked all-nighters. The psychiatrist prescribed a stimulant, which helped, and then said something Jenna did not expect. He said the medication was the floor, not the ceiling. He said she would still … Read more

Building a Personal Recovery Toolkit: The Skills, Plans, and Relationships That Outlast Therapy

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The Question Patients Ask at the End of Therapy By the time someone has done meaningful mental health care and is approaching the end of a treatment chapter, the question hovering over the last few sessions is rarely “did this work?” It is something more anxious: “what happens when I stop?” The implicit fear is that everything … Read more