Clinical Reflection Essay

I personally think I had a great experience at Seven Hills Hospital during my psychiatric clinical rotation. During the rotation, I got to experience different units of the psychiatric hospital and experience many different cases of mental health. In the adolescent unit, it was very surprising to find out that most of the children that were admitted there came from broken homes. It really hit me hard hearing some of their stories about how they were beaten or their parents were not around at all. It is sad because those kids really do not get much of a choice on the environment that they grow up in. It was also interesting how the staff deals with the children such as communication techniques and how it was a very structured day for them. For
The most common I saw was alcohol withdrawal, Benzodiazepines was the treatment of choice, such as Ativan and Valium, which is evidence based. (Drug & Therapy Perspectives, 2014) In the Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit, I had the chance to experience many different mental health disorders, such as Bipolar, Major Depressive Disorder, and Schizophrenia. It was a great experience talking to the patients in this unit, listening to their stories, and understand their way of thinking. I experienced patients that were having delusions for example there was a female who thought she had 12 children born on the same day and she became pregnant again by never having sexual intercourse with a male. I ended up learning the different medications patients take for different disorders, which was very educational. In the outpatient unit, I ended up attending and participating in group therapy for individuals with addictions. It was very eye opening to listen to the patient’s stories and how their addictions have ruined many parts of their lives. For example, a patient was an alcoholic that got caught for a DUI, loss his job, his family will not speak to him, and he is in a financial hardship because of this