Difficult psych patients
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Loading ...A friend of mine completed her psychiatry rotation here not too long ago. We were talking about it the other night, and she told me of an incident which showed her ability to handle a difficult situation. The public psych hospital here is a ward, and patient interviews, etc. aren’t conducted in the enclosed space of their private room, since it doesn’t exist. Think One Flew Over the Cookoo’s Nest, Bellevue, what have you.
In dealing with one patient, another kept bothering her. It was getting annoying. Finally, after having enough, she turned and said these words of serious kung-fu skill:
If you don’t leave me alone, I’m going to steal your thoughts.
The patient promptly left, and she went on about her business. Impressive. Hilarious.
Humor, Medical School | enrico | 
August 30, 2007 10:07 am
By Ms Ellisa, September 1, 2007 @ 7:57 am
Wow… That was really clever… And no one can say it’s offensive or anything
By Fat Doctgor, September 1, 2007 @ 8:08 am
Uhm… I’m not so sure her attending would approve of using the patient’s paranoia as a weapon (now how is he ever gonna be grounded in reality???) but it was clever.
By enrico, September 1, 2007 @ 11:18 am
Let me clarify: the patient to whom this was spoken was not known to have paranoid schizophrenia, delusions, or anything really–it was a random person. While I think it’s safe to say that there’s something wrong with said patient, there wasn’t a blatant ethical line that was crossed (which I’d agree 110% with) if she knew of a disorder and exploited it. If anything, the patient was probably confused and thought, “I’m getting away from this lady; she’s nuts.”
By Farfalina...a roam to Rome, September 6, 2007 @ 3:29 am
So you mean to say that the bystander was a patient without psych history, right?
Hmm…. and it still worked.
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