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How the show 13 Reasons Why can help you in the exam room

Ruth Diaz, PsyD
Conditions
August 10, 2017

“I think my friend has attempted suicide” an 11-year-old child haltingly admitted after I introduced myself as a crisis counselor with a national hotline and asked how I could help.*  Over the next half hour I learned that this child and her friend had been facing ongoing cyber- and face-to-face bullying at school that was such a common occurrence the caller sounded nonchalant. The caller’s friend, however, had already attempted suicide at least …

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How the show 13 Reasons Why can help you in the exam room

The heartbreak of dating an exhausted medical resident

Ruth Diaz, PsyD
Physician
March 8, 2016

When I was finishing my fifth year of studies as clinical psychology doctoral student, I fell in love with a second-year medical resident; a wanderer at heart with the softest smile and a way of listening that made me feel like the whole world stopped when I spoke. Whenever possible, we found ourselves in the forest exploring the world on foot or, if the weather was bad, on long drives …

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