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To think most psychiatrists lack empathy

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Bam888 · 07/09/2025 22:54

Especially with regard to sucidal patients. I know of a young woman recently who was told me a psychiatrist that it was her choice if she took her own life.

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BuffetTheDietSlayer · 07/09/2025 23:00

I don’t ses what’s wrong with that the psychiatrist said. It’s true, it is ultimately your friends choice whether they take their own life or not.

ninjahamster · 07/09/2025 22:57

Absolutely. I’ve seen several over the years and I often wonder why many do the job when they seem to lack so much empathy.
They also make sweeping decisions completely opposite to the one before so you get no consistency.
Same with MH workers though. So many nurses and support staff in the psychiatric wards who make it clear that they have no interest in the patients.