I Remain in Awe of You, My Patient

Academic Psychiatry, Apr 2016

Andrew J. McLean

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I Remain in Awe of You, My Patient

Acad Psychiatry I Remain in Awe of You, My Patient Andrew J. McLean 0 1 0 University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences , Fargo, ND , USA 1 Andrew J. McLean - I remain in awe of you, my patientIn spite of your voices telling you To stay away, you return to this clinic Often. You pace In the crowded waiting room. It is not the pace Of a lithe great cat Nor of emotional anxiety. (Though certainly you have shared Your fears with me.) It is like the back and forth discomfort Of a child having to wait for the bathroomWe both know, however it is The restlessness from side-effects of medication Supposedly meant to help; Which I prescribe, and you willingly take Because you trust me. What have I done to earn this trust? I remain in awe of you, my patientYou awoke early, rode three buses To get here, Not yet having eaten. (I complained this morning because After a hearty breakfast, I had to Scrape the ice off my car Before driving to work.) Somehow, you feel the effort To return to this “treatment” Is worth it. I remain in awe of you, my patientI will try to better understand you. I will try to do you more good than harm And I will be here. (...truncated)


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Andrew J. McLean. I Remain in Awe of You, My Patient, Academic Psychiatry, 2016, pp. 963-963, Volume 40, Issue 6, DOI: 10.1007/s40596-016-0547-6