Medscape October 10, 2024
In the winter of 2023, Cynthia Smith, MD, an internal medicine physician in Philadelphia and the chief membership and engagement officer for the American College of Physicians, treated a high-achieving, middle-aged man who said he felt completely alone and isolated.
Smith used depression and suicide screeners and found the man was actively thinking of harming himself. She and the man created a safety plan. Then, she connected her patient to a clinical social worker within her health system who helped him enter an intensive outpatient treatment program for depression.
“I am not sure if screening this patient for depression saved his life, but I do think he left the office feeling less alone and more supported than when he arrived....
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