Tag: sexual orientation
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“It would be like I never existed”: two minutes with manic psychosis, 1978
Paul RousseauCharleston, South Carolina, United States Foreword Mental illness is often marginalized by non-psychiatric clinicians, yet it causes as much suffering, if not more, than physical illness. I was a medical student completing a rotation in psychiatry when I observed the encounter described here. The patient had visited several community clinics and received little treatment…
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Out of the medicine cabinet: An out doctor in a closeted country
Anirban ChatterjeeDilshad Garden, Delhi, India Earlier this year, having planned an interview-based analysis of the issues faced by transgender (LGBT) medical professionals acquiring medical education in India, I started contacting medical students and professionals in the LGBT community. Since I myself am a part of this community, I was able to locate them quite easily.…