I’ve decided that mental illness is the new sex.
Hmmm, I probably have to back up and explain myself. There really is some logic behind that pronouncement, trust me.
A study was released last week that showed that primary care physicians are not talking to depressed patients about whether they have suicidal thoughts or not. Apparently, primary care doctors only broached the subject 36% of the time. Kind of crazy when you think about it. If someone’s depressed, isn’t it obvious that suicidal thinking, and possibly acting on it, is a danger?