Mental Health: The Power of Grandmothers and Community
A Slight Change of Plans
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The Importance of Connecting With Patients in Psychiatry
Erica was a 26-year-old patient of mine who I had been seeing for a good close to three years. She would come and see me once every month together with her mum, you know, for review. But Erica actually lived some 300 kilometers from where I am. And she'd made a lot of progress over the years but then one night took an overdose. Her mother said they couldn't go to your hospital because we didn't have a bus there; it cost like $10. As a result, Erica couldn't really get the help that she needed.
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