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Human

Mad in America

He said that I had to be taken to my local hospital immediately because I was a danger to myself and others. At my local hospital, the nurses treated me like a criminal. Slamming me onto the hospital bed, two policemen manually restrained my wrists to the unforgiving frame with metal handcuffs. Nothing I said to him mattered.

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Day # 149: Other Eating Disorders (Avoidant/Restrictive, Rumination, & Pica)

Bullet Psych

Epidemiology/Pathogenesis 3 , 4 , 5 Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) : Since ARFID is a relatively new diagnosis, population-based prevalence studies are limited. Treatment can range from an outpatient multidisciplinary team treatment to inpatient medical hospitalization depending on severity.