I Know How I Got Here: You, Me, Us

We often had psychiatric patients for whom there was no information or medical history available. There was the hostile, combative, schizophrenic patient; the paranoid and hallucinating methamphetamine user; or alcoholics found wandering around outside with nowhere to go because their families wouldn’t allow them back in the house. All were brought to the hospital, and we would admit them. These situations kept things very challenging. Was I frightened in these situations? Of course, I was,...