Podcast: What ’s it Like to Work in a Psych Hospital?

It’s a sad fact that many people still think a psych hospital is like what they saw in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. But modern psychiatric care is nothing like that. This week’s guest worked for years in a psychiatric emergency facility and joins us to share his thoughts about the experiences he had while employed there.   Subscribe to Our Show! And Remember to Review Us! About Our Guest Gabe Nathan is an author, editor, actor, playwright, director and a lover of commas. He has worked as an Allied Therapist and Developmental Specialist at Montgomery County Emergency Service, Inc., a non-profit crisis psychiatric hospital. While there, he created innovative programs such as a psychiatric visiting nurse program, a suicide prevention collaboration with a regional public transportation authority, and an Inpatient Concert Series that brought professional performing artists to entertain the patients and enrich their inpatient experience. Gabe serves on the Board of Directors of Prevent Suicide PA and the Thornton Wilder Society. Gabe spreads a message of suicide prevention and awareness with his 1963 Volkswagen Beetle Herbie the Love Bug tribute car. The car, a participant in Prevent Suicide PA’s innovative “Drive Out Suicide” awareness campaign, bears the number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-TALK) on its rear window, and Gabe talks about suicide prevention and mental health wherever he and Herbie travel together....
Source: World of Psychology - Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Tags: Caregivers General The Psych Central Show Treatment Gabe Howard inpatient psychiatric hospital Vincent M. Wales Source Type: blogs