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What state did you work in and what were the criteria for involuntary admission? <font color="blue">I worked in FL and you had to be homicidal, suicidal, or pyschotic to be admitted involuntarily</font>
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Have you ever heard of or read The Journal of Polymorophous Perversity? (if not I highly recommend it- There is a book based on past magazine issues, I think the mag comes out quarterly, I can't recommend this enough for anyone considering entering the field) <font color="blue">I haven't seen it but I'll take a look based on your rec</font>

What % of the people do you think lied about having a plan to kill themselves in order to get admitted because they were very stressed/confused/etc but did not want to or would not acutally kill themselves? <font color="blue">At my first facility about a third of the patients at any given time were just homeless people looking for a bed and a meal and had no intention of killing themselves at all. Among patients who were admitted for suicidal ideation but who were not the homeless just described, I'd say about 10 to 20 percent were actually at risk to kill themselves if not locked up</font>

Have you ever read anything by Harry Stack Sullivan and/or Thomas Szasz and what did you think of their works? <font color="blue"> I read Thomas Szasz's book about 10 years ago. From what I remember it was a provactive book and had some valid criticism but a lot of those criticisms are irreleavnt today because as I remember he was reacting against the field of psychiatry when it had more to do wtih Freud.</font>

Are you familiar with Dr. Daniel Fisher and what do you make of him, what are your thoughts on him and his works? (again highly recommended if you plan to enter this field) <font color="blue">No I am not familiar with his work</font>

Did you ever catch 2 patients having sex, if so what did you do? And if so did the dude approach you later and complain to you in a man to man (rather than biotch you out as a psychotic patient) fashion the way a buddy would if you walked in on him and ruined it for him? <font color="blue"> I haven't personally caught two patients having sex though I have intercepted plenty of kids trying to get into other rooms. Some adults had been caught having sex and I don't really think they would speak man to man or if they did that it would matter </font>

What is the largest item a patent ever swallowed pre or post admission that you are aware of? <font color="blue">I can't recall anyone ever swalling anything large pre or post admission</font>

What was the most extreme case of self mutilization you were aware of either pre or post admission? <font color="blue">There were plenty of girls with borderline personality disorder who would pick at their faces till they were bloody. Plenty of girls with surface scratches all over their wrists. The schizophrenic "D" that I spoke of earlier (while not really being a case of self-mutilation in the way you mean I think) was pretty severe. She'd always be raising her shirt to show you the scar which was pretty hideous</font>

Do you think any of the fat nurses there looked for opportunities to flirt with and or cop a feel/examine the neather reagons of a male patient there, or somehow or other exploit their position to do so (assuming the male patient would cooperate)? <font color="blue">Er, I don't think women generally think this way and I can't imagine any of the fat nurses doing this</font>

Did any nurses get busted for grabbing the benzo's prescribed for patients? <font color="blue">The nurses had to do a drug count every shift so the nurses couldn't really steal the highly desirable meds. The ativan, though, was in a big jar that you would stick a syringe into, so that could be stolen and I believe nurses were probably stealing it. </font>

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