As i have said before, I am in psych clinicals for 5 weeks. Tuesday was our first day, and of course we were more than a little scared. We are going to spend one day every week with a client (thats what we call our paitents) who had spent most of their lives with a form of mental psychosis. This includes schizophrenia, Bipolar disorders, Border-line personality disorders or others. Sounds a little scary right? Most of these clients are pretty stable and maintain a medication schedule and live in group homes with others with simliar conditions. We will get to talk with them, go to place with them, like group therapy, and work on assessment of them for our care plans. Unfortantaly I won't get to give any real details of my day due to HIPPA regualtions. But i will do my best to give any information that i can.
After i did my tour through the group home and clincal, i am no longer scared but am very excited. There is a little voice inside my head whispering "you might have found your niche" And thats what scares me. So i guess i will see what the voice has to say in 5 weeks. Either way its going to be great
OK...who are you calling psychotic??? You're the one talking about the voices in your head! lol Good luck with all of your reading! I'm so jealous that you are so close to the end!
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