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‘Young people having a mental health crisis are just dismissed’ | Mental health
‘Young people having a mental health crisis are just dismissed’ | Mental health

‘Young people having a mental health crisis are just dismissed’ | Mental health

My son was diagnosed with autism at the age of nine, experienced a challenging time at university and with spouse and children troubles, and at 13 started to isolate himself absent and would go into durations of melancholy. But that was nothing at all when compared to what he was like when he turned 16. A romance breakdown observed him become suicidal. He stopped wanting to interact with any person, to the level that he would react poorly if I…

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Women’s pain often is dismissed by doctors
Women’s pain often is dismissed by doctors

Women’s pain often is dismissed by doctors

One woman was told she was being “dramatic” when she pleaded for a brain scan after suffering months of headaches and pounding in her ears. It turned out she had a brain tumor. Another was ignored as she cried out in pain during a 33-hour labor. She was supposed to be getting pain medication through her epidural, but it had fallen out. Dozens of women complained of torturous pain as their vaginal walls were punctured during an egg retrieval process….

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