Help! psychology rotations

[snbrcc]

Okay, please forgive me but I really need some reassurance from some students who have already completed psych rotations. I have always been interested in this area and have looked forward to rotations until we had our orientation. Our instructors were going over what we could wear to clinical and they stressed that we are to show no skin whatsoever because we are working with a lot of sexual predators! Then they had a student from last years class talk to us about her experience with someone on the unit who was admitted b/c of an eating disorder who ended up biting her!!! I just need some reassurance because they are definately scaring me:eek:

[slinkeecat]

Just remember that all patients in a psych hospital are sociopaths to some degree. Borderlines are very manipulative and can and will take advantage of your kindness and sympathy. Just remember that there is a fine line between mental health and mental illness ...