The short version: People can go to psychiatric inpatient units voluntarily, or be involuntarily committed if someone thinks they could potentially harm themselves or others. Usually this involves a ~12-hour emergency room stay, followed by ~3-5 days in a hospital ward. Once doctors believe the patient is safe, they will discharge them, possibly but not…| Lorien Psychiatry
I. Tyler Cowen writes about cost disease. I’d previously heard the term used to refer only to a specific theory of why costs are increasing, involving labor becoming more efficient in some ar…| Slate Star Codex
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