‘Dear parent, your child has had a psychotic break’ by Marcia Morris
I sit in my small office at the university counseling center, sighing as I pick up the phone to make the call that I always dread. I have worked as a psychiatrist with college students for 20 years, and this part never gets easier. One, two, three rings, and the mother of a student who had been in my office minutes earlier answers the phone. I introduce myself and then deliver the news: “I’ve had to hospitalize your son, Jacob.” Read the rest of this article at The New York Times…
