About the author

John Farrell

<p>John Farrell is a psychologist and clinical social worker who worked for over 43 years at the University of California, Davis, Medical Center, a teaching hospital and a level I trauma center in Sacramento, California. He spent most of those years working with Psychiatric Emergency Services and Crisis Services in the heart of the hospital, the Emergency Department.&nbsp;</p><p>Dr. Farrell also worked for twenty years, concurrently, as a part-time faculty member at California State University, Sacramento, in the Health Department and in the Psychology Department. For his whole professional life, he enjoyed teaching what he practiced and practicing what he taught.</p>