People at Psychiatric Hospitals Have Some of the Same Problems You Do

We're less alone than we think

I work at a psychiatric hospital, and sometimes people ask me what it’s like working there. The question I receive the most is, “Do you feel safe working there?” I do, but that’s irrelevant, and that question can feel stigmatizing. What’s relevant to my coworkers and I is that people who are staying at the hospital are experiencing a mental health crisi…