curious_madscientist

How similar/different are mental asylums from mental health departments in hospitals? Like is a mental asylum for the severe cases of mental health patients?

thanks for answering and taking the time to do an AMA! I started volunteering in the ED at a hospital from last year and since then I have worked my way around different departments including behavioural health and palliative care. I will be starting with mental health very soon but I was always curious to know what the most challenging field is in terms of patient interaction. Hence my question, but good job on what you do, I know it's not easy and more awareness needs to be spread in terms of mental health!

thanks for taking the time to answer that thoroughly! I started volunteering in the ED at a hospital from last year and since then I have worked my way around different departments including behavioural health and palliative care. I will be starting with mental health very soon but I was always curious to know what the most challenging field is in terms of patient interaction. Hence my question, which is now from what I see is probably mental health, so thanks for your reply!