Mentally ill unfairly portrayed as violent

The man had his hands around my neck so quickly I didn't have time to react. I was a second-year resident in psychiatry. He was an impulsive loner with a history of alcoholism who, unbeknownst to the staff, had returned to the inpatient unit intoxicated. (Full article: 1077 words)

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