In this piece for Wake Up World, Cortland Pfeffer shares 10 life lessons he learned from his experience as a psychiatric patient, a recovering alcoholic and addict, and a psychiatric nurse. Some lessons point to problems within and criticisms of the current paradigm of mental health care; others provide advice on recovery.
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