Category: Suicide
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Refocusing priorities… To treat Pt 3
Once, I came on for a night shift. At handover we learned how a patient with a long hx of suicide attempts had nearly succeeded earlier that day. She was both short and stick thin.
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Refocusing priorities… To treat Pt 2
Let’s start with depression. One of the worst cases of depression I saw was a poor man who, unknowingly, had been suffering a MDE for perhaps a year. His relationship had broken down, over time he’d retreated to a bedroom. The ex wanted him to move out so they could get on with their life.…