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“Every psychiatrist who’s been around for a long time has one or two patients — not a lot, but one or two — that they have carried over the years who have been miserable, unhappy, have a treatment-resistant depression, maybe have made some suicide attempts,” she said. “I can’t do anything more for this person. I can still keep seeing them, but it’s not changing anything for them.”

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Margaret Soltan, December 30, 2025 6:50AM
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