![[dr. bob]](/dr-bob-sm.gif)
Dr. Bob is Robert Hsiung, MD,
bob@dr-bob.orgShown: posts 1 to 4 of 4. This is the beginning of the thread.
Posted by mmerrynick on September 27, 2004, at 12:45:39
I am 49 and have been out of the hospital for 8 years. I am in the process of writing my biography which included an interesting long-term hospitalization at the New York state Psychiartric Institute with world famous doctors who were truly terrible. Anybody have any ideas they would like to share or words of encouragement?
Posted by vwoolf on September 28, 2004, at 1:02:23
In reply to writing my biography, posted by mmerrynick on September 27, 2004, at 12:45:39
I'd be very interested to read it. I've also spent time in state psychiatric wards, and have never seen any adequate descriptions of what happens in these places, both the good and the bad. Have you started writing yet?
Posted by mmerrynick on September 28, 2004, at 12:51:12
In reply to writing my biography, posted by mmerrynick on September 27, 2004, at 12:45:39
Thanks for the e-mail. Psychiatric Institute isn't exactly a state hospital. It's a special hospital jointly run by New York State and Columbia Medical Center. Anyway, I would love to hear of your experiences in a hospital. Please write
Posted by vwoolf on September 28, 2004, at 14:08:26
In reply to Re: writing my biography » mmerrynick, posted by mmerrynick on September 28, 2004, at 12:51:12
I'll see what I can do tomorrow - don't have time to write now.
The hospital I went to was a teaching hospital, allied to the local university, but probably not as prestigious as Columbia. My experiences were not very unique or interesting, just formative for me. But nobody seems to have really described what it really is like to be on the other side of the locked door. I have read all the literature I have been able to find and it just doesn't capture it. What do you think?
This is the end of the thread.
Psycho-Babble Writing | Extras | FAQ
Dr. Bob is Robert Hsiung, MD,
bob@dr-bob.org
Script revised: February 4, 2008
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/cgi-bin/pb/mget.pl
Copyright 2006-17 Robert Hsiung.
Owned and operated by Dr. Bob LLC and not the University of Chicago.