Working in a Behavioral Inpatient Mental Health Unit with Danielle Miles

04/01/2021 49 min Episodio 95
Working in a  Behavioral Inpatient Mental Health Unit with Danielle Miles

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Danielle and Sarah discuss: How she got interested in behavioral inpatient mental healthWhat it looks like to work in this areaFrequency and duration of servicesCommon diagnoses and typical agesNavigating the differences in the units she works onLimiting biases before working with a patientHer role as an OT and types of interventionsTherapeutic use of selfIt’s okay to ask for helpWhat lights her up as an OTThe power of voiceStigma in mental healthThe hardest and the best part of her workMaintaining your own mental health while working in this practice areaMentioned Resources: Calm AppConnect with DanielleEmail: [email protected] Link: @queen_dalife_of_ot