Garden-variety analogy
4Garden-variety analogy Inpatient psychiatric care facilities often are associated with lovely outdoor spaces. Tree-lined walkways, old oak groves, sprawling grassy lawns, and even working farms are part of the legacy…
Introduction
1Introduction1 Sara was one of those remarkable patients, familiar in psychiatric and mental health work, who eats objects that shouldn’t be eaten. Batteries, keys, bottle caps, paper clips, knives, nail…
Conclusion
8Conclusion Millions of people come into contact with the mental health system every year, and many thousands wind up in the institutional system of care. Institutionalization can be a stultifying…
The gestural bridge
2The gestural bridge Joe had attended college briefly and worked part-time as a disc jockey for a local radio station. Fired from the job after repeated sobbing outbursts, he ran…
Nursing knowledge and nursing art: implications for learning and professional development
7Nursing knowledge and nursing art: implications for learning and professional development1 Years after my patient Donald was discharged from inpatient care (see Chapter 4), a young girl attempted to hang…
The house as a grammatical form
5The house as a grammatical form Valerie was a middle-aged woman with a lifelong history of alcohol and drug abuse. Her adult years had been marked by multiple acute and…
Rhythms and regularities in a musical bridge
6Rhythms and regularities in a musical bridge Medics wheeled the ambulance gurney through the admissions gate and locked it into position, releasing Aaron’s wrists from the restraint straps. Aaron hoisted…
