PhD, the big man on the psych unit’s eighth floor, puffed on his pipe while listening to the dialogue of the broken, misfits, psychotics, schizophrenics, and bipolar patients. Many were beaten at birth, both physically and emotionally. In this land of serpents, he felt like a god. He’d select patients one by one for ECT,
Inside the psychiatric unit: a PhD’s god-like status, ECT, and the harsh reality of mental illness treatment originally appeared in KevinMD.com.
