Month: May 2022

Man Dies by Police Shooting in Florida Hospital: Is the Emergency Department Staff at Fault?

Yesterday on Monday, May 16, 2022, in West Palm Beach Florida, the Channel 12 News I-Team shared the tragic story of a how a mental health patient, Zachary Taylor Anderson, was shot by police in an emergency department after charging them with a pair of scissors [The hunt to find mental health resources in Florida …

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What Amber Heard’s Attorney Should Have Known: Hire a Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Expert

Many of us have seen the unfortunate cross-examination of the licensed mental health practitioner by Amber Heard’s attorney. This is an excellent example of the important role board-certified psychiatric-mental health nurses (PMH-BCs) play in helping attorneys prepare for trial when mental health issues are involved. Heard’s attorney was obviously not prepared to cross-examine a mental …

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