Christopher S Blackman

Oct 5, 2023 | kevinmd.com | Courtney Markham-Abedi |Joshua Liao |Christopher S Blackman |Nicholas Bascou

I started my career at a state hospital but transitioned to a VA hospital in 2007. I had been a resident at the hospital and was familiar with the unit and population. The unit had 19 beds, and typically these were filled. Often, admissions were for crisis stabilization due to suicidal ideation, and recidivism was very high. Typically, an unmet need other than psychiatric care was being addressed in many of these admissions.