Hurrah! I had the pleasure of watching a psychiatrist discharge a patient despite the pathetic protestations that he was going “jump off a bridge. Another clear case where a guy showed up with his suitcase (and his lack of insurance) to just spend a few nights in hospital to “feel better”. He had a vague […]

I don’t know what it is lately but it seems like every shift I have some memorable psych patient. This one was pretty bizarre. Evidently a man in his 40’s was having an ongoing argument with his elderly, 80-something year old neighbour for several weeks. It culminated in a verbal confrontation […]

The other day I was about to discharge a psych patient who had been signed out to me from the night before. The psychiatrist had evaluated a woman with a long history of cocaine and ETOH abuse who had come in seeking psych admission. It was evident to the doctor that the patient was […]

When you call up the ER secretary and proceed to scream and yell at her, threatening to “come on down there” with your lawyer, you better have a damn good reason to gripe and behave like a dick-wad. However, when you then tell the secretary in obscenity strewn language that your anger is […]

Husbands, keep an eye on your wife after she delivers your baby. Watch out for signs of post-partum depression - it can be devastating. Recently we had a woman who in retrospect had obviously been suffering from it for two months (bouts of uncontrolled crying, disinterest in the baby, locking herself in […]

Bizarre is the only way I can describe this.
A woman was brought in for a suicide attempt - a non-serious OD of pills. When asked what led her to do this, the reply was long - and somewhat amusing and sad at the same time.
She recently started going to a new dentist. The […]

I read today that a man in Sante Fe, NM is suing his neighbour for the use of electronic devices like WiFi, Cell phones, etc because he claims to suffer from “electromagnetic allergies”. The man, Arthur “Firstenberg claims he suffers from Electromagnetic Sensitivity, or EMS, which induces “nausea, vertigo, diarrhea, ringing in the ears, severe […]