Some Anxiety Can be a Good Thing Let me say first that a little bit of anxiety is okay. Lots of times it keeps us doing what we need to...

Conditions were right for becoming addicted Ms. C developed a drug problem when the conditions were right. Drugs were everywhere around...

Life In the ER Can Be Dull Life in the emergency room tends to be either feast or famine. Your shift might drag interminably with nothing...

God and Demons Battled for His Soul Raul was 16 when we met. He had diagnoses of learning disability and attention deficit disorder, but...

I was pretty tired that morning. Hadn’t been able to sleep well. Mentally brought the hospital home with me and worried about what I’d...

He "caught" a heroin habit Jake "caught" a heroin habit when he was in Viet Nam. Despite that he earned some service medals; good...

NO IDEA WHY THE PATIENT IS THERE Becky, the nurse, had worked with psychiatric patients for years. She knew what to expect from them....

STRAITJACKETS I’ve seen straitjackets used a couple of times but probably not in more than thirty years. I actually tried one on. All of...