Mental Illness and Addiction: Lessons from the County Hospital Inpatient Psychiatric Ward

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https://doi.org/10.5195/ijms.2022.1304

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Psychiatry, Addiction medicine, Schizophrenia, Psychosis, Delusions

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There is often a stark difference in how people interpret their first exposures to physical illness versus mental illness and addiction medicine. Many times, there is a tendency to sympathize with physical illness but separate ourselves from mental illness and addiction. I have slowly learned to see myself in each of my patients, regardless of diagnosis. In this experience, I describe what it is like to interact with and care for psychiatric patients and how my thoughts on their care changed during my inpatient psychiatric rotation.

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2022-04-25 — Updated on 2022-07-12

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Fusillo, T. F. (2022). Mental Illness and Addiction: Lessons from the County Hospital Inpatient Psychiatric Ward. International Journal of Medical Students, 10(2), 210–211. https://doi.org/10.5195/ijms.2022.1304 (Original work published June 30, 2022)

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