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33. 38 year old Chinese married, college educated, female (from Beijing) with paranoid schizophrenia was discharged from our inpatient unit June 2008. Referred to me for psychotherapy, June 2008-February 2009 (returned to China). At our last session, I asked her how she felt about our ethnic and language (Mandarin) matching. She said….
34. “ It guess it was easier that we could speak in Mandarin (she did speak some English), and I think it helped that you somewhat understand the Chinese culture, but if my doctor was nice, I would see him or her regardless of language, or race/ethnicity. That doesn’t matter to me. What matters to me and what helped me, is that you listened, and that you cared.”
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We will evaluate the pros and cons of this strategy.
We will evaluate the pros and cons of this strategy.