WILTIMS #309: Keyed up

I finally got keys! There is nothing more annoying while working on a psych ward than having to ask someone to let you in and out of every room ...except perhaps being the person that has to let me in and out of every room. So to the relief of everyone, I finally got my own set of keys.

Speaking of keys, inpatient psych wards don't have traditional door knobs. Knobs or handles, as well as anything else you could loop a noose around are strictly prohibited, as are all items out of which you can easily make a noose, like shoelaces.

A safe door handle

A safe shower handle

Another psych special arrangement is the panic buttons in every office. The office that I've been using the past few days has three separate panic buttons: a button on the wall, a stomp pedal under the desk and a secret code on the computer keyboard. I've been warned that, if I should ever hit one, a whole lot of people will show up very quickly.

TIL: Ailurophobia is the fear of cats.

Noesis is a word for cognition or the process of thinking. Why we need another word for this is confusing. This word is actually far older and more complicated than the others and relates to an ancient greek philosophical concept of the duality of the process and object of thought, represented by noesis and noema respectively.

Perseveration is the term for a pathologic repetition of an action or speech. Often the action starts out due to a normal stimulus but then continues far beyond the socially acceptable time period.