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Dr. Shea: Hey, Mike.
Dr. Brown: Hey, Bernard.
How's it going?

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Dr. Shea: Rough night, huh?

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Dr. Brown: Yeah.

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I got a 14-year-old Hispanic kid
who overdosed
on a prescription I wrote.

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His mother just had the darndest
panic attack I've ever seen.

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Last week in my office
she was so nervous and quiet.

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Today she was screaming
and throwing herself
all over the place.

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She was so bad
she finally fainted.

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The ER guys had to
finally admit her.

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Dr. Shea: How's the kid?

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Dr. Brown: Well,
I think he'll be okay.

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He's a patient of Carmen's
but I saw him in the office
while she was on vacation.

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She prescribed amitriptyline
to keep things less expensive
because the mom's out of work.

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Now, I wasn't going
to change her orders.

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I wish I had now though.

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Certainly wouldn't hurt the kid
if he tried to overdose.

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Social worker's with him now.
She'll be here soon
to tell me what happened.

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Dr. Shea: Did you think
he was a suicide risk?

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Dr. Brown: No.
I just thought he had
a bunch of 14-year-old stuff.

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He's fat and he's Mexican.
The other kids tease him.

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He's probably gay, too,
which doesn't
make it any easier.

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Dr. Brown: Mrs. Gonzalez,
do you mind if I speak to Arturo
alone for a couple of minutes?

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Arturo: [in Spanish]
Mom, the doctor wants
to speak with me alone.

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Dr. Brown: So, Arturo.
How is school going?

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Arturo: Man,
how do you think school's going.
It's terrible.

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Dr. Brown: Arturo, are you
seeing your school counselor
the way you're supposed to?

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Arturo: Yeah.
I went a couple of times.

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I hated it so I stopped.
So what?

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Dr. Brown: Arturo,
we're trying to help you here,

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Arturo: Look.
I said I don't
want to see a counselor.

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She always wants to talk
about my sexual orientation.

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And she's always judgmental
about me liking other guys,
and it's none of her business.

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Dr. Brown: Arturo,
we're just trying to --

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Arturo: Look,
it's none of yours either.

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And I don't want
your stupid pills.

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Dr. Shea:
What else could you have done?

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Dr. Brown: I know, I know.
You just hate second-guessing
yourself, you know.

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Carla Reyes: Dr. Brown,
could I talk to you?

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Dr. Brown: Sure, sure, sure.
Bernard, I appreciate it.

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Dr. Shea: You take care, Bill.
Dr. Brown: Thanks.

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Carla Reyes: Dr. Brown,
I'm not entirely sure
this was a suicide attempt.

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Dr. Brown: How do you mean?

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Carla Reyes: Arturo hasn't
been taking his medicine
like he should.

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And after talking to his mother,
it seems that she would

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make Arturo take three
or four pills at a time

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to make up for when
he missed a day.

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Dr. Brown: Three or four?

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I did everything I could to
make her understand the dosage.

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One a day.
I even wrote it down for her.
Once. O-N-C-E.

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What else am I supposed to do?

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Carla Reyes: Dr. Brown,
why would you think that

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Mrs. Gonzales could read
English any better
than she could speak it?

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In Spanish, o-n-c-e
means eleven.

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Dr. Brown: [thinking to himself]
Could it be?

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My failure to communicate
with Arturo's mother

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led to his overdose
and almost led to his death?

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It's the kind of thing that
happens all the time

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on over-the-top
TV hospital dramas,

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but that's just TV,
not real life.

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Right?