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A psychiatrist tells the story of her struggle to help her patients in our broken American mental health care system, with engaging, jargon-free writing that reads like a memoir, from an expert psychiatrist with three decades of experience on the frontlines of the mental health epidemic.
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A psychiatrist tells the story of her struggle to help her patients in our broken American mental health care system, with engaging, jargon-free writing that reads like a memoir, from an expert psychiatrist with three decades of experience on the frontlines of the mental health epidemic.
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- Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- Seitenzahl: 246
- Erscheinungstermin: 25. April 2024
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
- Gewicht: 555g
- ISBN-13: 9781538193211
- ISBN-10: 1538193213
- Artikelnr.: 69669540
- Herstellerkennzeichnung
- Libri GmbH
- Europaallee 1
- 36244 Bad Hersfeld
- gpsr@libri.de
- Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- Seitenzahl: 246
- Erscheinungstermin: 25. April 2024
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
- Gewicht: 555g
- ISBN-13: 9781538193211
- ISBN-10: 1538193213
- Artikelnr.: 69669540
- Herstellerkennzeichnung
- Libri GmbH
- Europaallee 1
- 36244 Bad Hersfeld
- gpsr@libri.de
Alice Feller, MD is a writer and a clinical psychiatrist. She has worked in private practice, hospital emergency rooms, psychiatric wards, chemical dependency programs and public clinics in East Oakland and beyond. Her writing, focused on mental health, addiction and homelessness, has appeared in the East Bay Express, the Laney Tower, CalMatters, fort da and Interconnecting Circles, as well as the opinion pages of the San Francisco Chronicle and the New York Times. She has served two terms on the City of Berkeley Homeless Commission and is an analyst member of the San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis. She lives with her husband and daughter in Berkeley, California.
Introduction
Chapter 1: Beginnings
A Family Affair
Western Psych
Chapter 2: Community Mental Health
Psych Emergency
Ward 2N
Chapter 3: The System Crashes
Eating From Garbage Cans: Robbie
Highland Hospital
Sidewalks and Jails Replace Hospitals
On the Left: Szasz, Kesey and Revolutionary Zeal
People Wrongly Hospitalized
Chapter 4: Economic Causes of Homelessness
Panhandling For a Living: Kyle
Loss of our Industrial Base
Deaths of Despair and the Opioid Crisis
Unemployment Figures Are Unaffected
Housing Vanishes and the Safety Net Unravels
Hoping for Shelter
Chapter 5: Chemical Dependency
A Personal Foray Into Addiction
Heroin in the Haight
Soldiers Battle at Home
Struggle and Recovery: Kaiser Oakland
The Dynamics of Addiction
Cannabis and Human Health
Chapter 6: Treating Psychosis in Private Practice
The Woman Who Threatened to Kill Kids
Ten Thousand Hours of Listening
A Psychodynamic Approach to the Treatment of Psychosis: Chris
Psychosis after Trauma: Maureen
Chaos in a Failed Treatment: Julian
Chapter 7: Everything Stops
The School of Second Chances
Chapter 8: Service Center in Oakland, 2017-2021
Orientation: Sophie
Love and Vermin
Smoke and Longing: Brandon
A Thousand Masks
Chapter 9: Effects of Racism
Police Violence and Mass Incarceration
AJ's Story
Housing and Health Inequities
Turned Away: Lucille
Chapter 10: Board and Care Homes
Aerospace Ships
A Lightening Visit with Jamal to See Marvin
Psychosis and Homicide
Tattoos and Teaspoons: Gracie
Chapter 11: The Crucial Role of Families
Listen to the Families
Two Houses
Found and Lost: Amari
Mela Shalimar
A Motherless Soldier
Leaving Dry Valley: George and Luther
Chapter 12: Living Unsheltered in the 21st Century
Full-Service Partnership
Sleeping Rough
"Homeless by Choice"
A Fatal Overdose: Patrick
Chapter 13: Our Broken System
Early Intervention in Schizophrenia
Lack of Hospital Beds
SAMHSA
Mental Health Professionals Often Unfamiliar with Severe Mental Illness
Collaboration and Sense of a Common Mission
Information and Misinformation: EMRs
Transparency and Accountability
HIPAA
Fragmented System: Nonprofits and the Millionaires Tax
The Question of Hospital Treatment
Epilogue: Suggestions for Change
References
Index
About the Author
Chapter 1: Beginnings
A Family Affair
Western Psych
Chapter 2: Community Mental Health
Psych Emergency
Ward 2N
Chapter 3: The System Crashes
Eating From Garbage Cans: Robbie
Highland Hospital
Sidewalks and Jails Replace Hospitals
On the Left: Szasz, Kesey and Revolutionary Zeal
People Wrongly Hospitalized
Chapter 4: Economic Causes of Homelessness
Panhandling For a Living: Kyle
Loss of our Industrial Base
Deaths of Despair and the Opioid Crisis
Unemployment Figures Are Unaffected
Housing Vanishes and the Safety Net Unravels
Hoping for Shelter
Chapter 5: Chemical Dependency
A Personal Foray Into Addiction
Heroin in the Haight
Soldiers Battle at Home
Struggle and Recovery: Kaiser Oakland
The Dynamics of Addiction
Cannabis and Human Health
Chapter 6: Treating Psychosis in Private Practice
The Woman Who Threatened to Kill Kids
Ten Thousand Hours of Listening
A Psychodynamic Approach to the Treatment of Psychosis: Chris
Psychosis after Trauma: Maureen
Chaos in a Failed Treatment: Julian
Chapter 7: Everything Stops
The School of Second Chances
Chapter 8: Service Center in Oakland, 2017-2021
Orientation: Sophie
Love and Vermin
Smoke and Longing: Brandon
A Thousand Masks
Chapter 9: Effects of Racism
Police Violence and Mass Incarceration
AJ's Story
Housing and Health Inequities
Turned Away: Lucille
Chapter 10: Board and Care Homes
Aerospace Ships
A Lightening Visit with Jamal to See Marvin
Psychosis and Homicide
Tattoos and Teaspoons: Gracie
Chapter 11: The Crucial Role of Families
Listen to the Families
Two Houses
Found and Lost: Amari
Mela Shalimar
A Motherless Soldier
Leaving Dry Valley: George and Luther
Chapter 12: Living Unsheltered in the 21st Century
Full-Service Partnership
Sleeping Rough
"Homeless by Choice"
A Fatal Overdose: Patrick
Chapter 13: Our Broken System
Early Intervention in Schizophrenia
Lack of Hospital Beds
SAMHSA
Mental Health Professionals Often Unfamiliar with Severe Mental Illness
Collaboration and Sense of a Common Mission
Information and Misinformation: EMRs
Transparency and Accountability
HIPAA
Fragmented System: Nonprofits and the Millionaires Tax
The Question of Hospital Treatment
Epilogue: Suggestions for Change
References
Index
About the Author
Introduction
Chapter 1: Beginnings
A Family Affair
Western Psych
Chapter 2: Community Mental Health
Psych Emergency
Ward 2N
Chapter 3: The System Crashes
Eating From Garbage Cans: Robbie
Highland Hospital
Sidewalks and Jails Replace Hospitals
On the Left: Szasz, Kesey and Revolutionary Zeal
People Wrongly Hospitalized
Chapter 4: Economic Causes of Homelessness
Panhandling For a Living: Kyle
Loss of our Industrial Base
Deaths of Despair and the Opioid Crisis
Unemployment Figures Are Unaffected
Housing Vanishes and the Safety Net Unravels
Hoping for Shelter
Chapter 5: Chemical Dependency
A Personal Foray Into Addiction
Heroin in the Haight
Soldiers Battle at Home
Struggle and Recovery: Kaiser Oakland
The Dynamics of Addiction
Cannabis and Human Health
Chapter 6: Treating Psychosis in Private Practice
The Woman Who Threatened to Kill Kids
Ten Thousand Hours of Listening
A Psychodynamic Approach to the Treatment of Psychosis: Chris
Psychosis after Trauma: Maureen
Chaos in a Failed Treatment: Julian
Chapter 7: Everything Stops
The School of Second Chances
Chapter 8: Service Center in Oakland, 2017-2021
Orientation: Sophie
Love and Vermin
Smoke and Longing: Brandon
A Thousand Masks
Chapter 9: Effects of Racism
Police Violence and Mass Incarceration
AJ's Story
Housing and Health Inequities
Turned Away: Lucille
Chapter 10: Board and Care Homes
Aerospace Ships
A Lightening Visit with Jamal to See Marvin
Psychosis and Homicide
Tattoos and Teaspoons: Gracie
Chapter 11: The Crucial Role of Families
Listen to the Families
Two Houses
Found and Lost: Amari
Mela Shalimar
A Motherless Soldier
Leaving Dry Valley: George and Luther
Chapter 12: Living Unsheltered in the 21st Century
Full-Service Partnership
Sleeping Rough
"Homeless by Choice"
A Fatal Overdose: Patrick
Chapter 13: Our Broken System
Early Intervention in Schizophrenia
Lack of Hospital Beds
SAMHSA
Mental Health Professionals Often Unfamiliar with Severe Mental Illness
Collaboration and Sense of a Common Mission
Information and Misinformation: EMRs
Transparency and Accountability
HIPAA
Fragmented System: Nonprofits and the Millionaires Tax
The Question of Hospital Treatment
Epilogue: Suggestions for Change
References
Index
About the Author
Chapter 1: Beginnings
A Family Affair
Western Psych
Chapter 2: Community Mental Health
Psych Emergency
Ward 2N
Chapter 3: The System Crashes
Eating From Garbage Cans: Robbie
Highland Hospital
Sidewalks and Jails Replace Hospitals
On the Left: Szasz, Kesey and Revolutionary Zeal
People Wrongly Hospitalized
Chapter 4: Economic Causes of Homelessness
Panhandling For a Living: Kyle
Loss of our Industrial Base
Deaths of Despair and the Opioid Crisis
Unemployment Figures Are Unaffected
Housing Vanishes and the Safety Net Unravels
Hoping for Shelter
Chapter 5: Chemical Dependency
A Personal Foray Into Addiction
Heroin in the Haight
Soldiers Battle at Home
Struggle and Recovery: Kaiser Oakland
The Dynamics of Addiction
Cannabis and Human Health
Chapter 6: Treating Psychosis in Private Practice
The Woman Who Threatened to Kill Kids
Ten Thousand Hours of Listening
A Psychodynamic Approach to the Treatment of Psychosis: Chris
Psychosis after Trauma: Maureen
Chaos in a Failed Treatment: Julian
Chapter 7: Everything Stops
The School of Second Chances
Chapter 8: Service Center in Oakland, 2017-2021
Orientation: Sophie
Love and Vermin
Smoke and Longing: Brandon
A Thousand Masks
Chapter 9: Effects of Racism
Police Violence and Mass Incarceration
AJ's Story
Housing and Health Inequities
Turned Away: Lucille
Chapter 10: Board and Care Homes
Aerospace Ships
A Lightening Visit with Jamal to See Marvin
Psychosis and Homicide
Tattoos and Teaspoons: Gracie
Chapter 11: The Crucial Role of Families
Listen to the Families
Two Houses
Found and Lost: Amari
Mela Shalimar
A Motherless Soldier
Leaving Dry Valley: George and Luther
Chapter 12: Living Unsheltered in the 21st Century
Full-Service Partnership
Sleeping Rough
"Homeless by Choice"
A Fatal Overdose: Patrick
Chapter 13: Our Broken System
Early Intervention in Schizophrenia
Lack of Hospital Beds
SAMHSA
Mental Health Professionals Often Unfamiliar with Severe Mental Illness
Collaboration and Sense of a Common Mission
Information and Misinformation: EMRs
Transparency and Accountability
HIPAA
Fragmented System: Nonprofits and the Millionaires Tax
The Question of Hospital Treatment
Epilogue: Suggestions for Change
References
Index
About the Author







