Diary From the Front Lines October 1, 1999

"I hear voices...sometimes it's just Mom"

Christian G. Wolff, MD

Prim Care Companion J Clin Psychiatry 1999;1(5):163-164

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Starting the week with a call night, I was summoned to the hospital to admit apartner’s patient. A 14-year-old, KD, earlier had made a suicide gesture—swallowing 20 dextroamphetamine tablets. It seems that her mother had beenplanning a weekend getaway with her girlfriends and the daughter was miffedat being left out of the fun.