About book Weekends At Bellevue: Nine Years On The Night Shift At The Psych E.R. (2009)
This book was not at all what I expected, given the title, but I probably should have realized that a book by a psychiatrist wouldn't just focus on patients, but would include a mirror focusing on her own actions and mental health. Isn't that part of the process of becoming a psychiatrist? I listened to this book, read by the author, and was not enamored by her presentation or pacing, which was a little too breezy and hurried. I guess I was looking forward to hearing about her patients and what makes them tick. Instead, what you get here is more about Julie Holland and what it is like for her working with the mentally ill people who are rounded in off the streets of the city each weekend and carted in to Bellevue. Toward the end she lays out her post-9/11 theories/convictions on the use of pharmacological means to raise up the lives and spirits of her private (read privileged) patients. Of course, she throws in a little lukewarm suggestion that exercise and coming up for air are an important aspect of treatment for a stressed type A New Yorker, but she is quite a cheerleader for the powers of mood enhancing drugs. Maybe she should move her practice to Washington, D.C. hey GR community!I received an email that the GR cousin site or whatever registered a gift received, so thank you! however, despite my involvement with the voluptuous over-large ripe-breasted 15 year olds of Scotland, I'm sort of press-ganged into culture clash right now and can't properly update or participate in the community. in fact, next two weeks or so decides whether I have to permanent move to OSNOtherSocialNetworkshahah just some brit (?) humuorno seriously my little spell with police involvement seems over, but I needs deal with backlogs of aspergers and other such culture clashesMC
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Well done and interesting story of how porfessionals may deal with burnout and vicarious trauma.
—Ben
this reads quickly and left me wanting more stories from this author and her experiences
—Ashlynne
Crazy & interesting - author seems a little conceited.
—Maaike
