Word: doctorings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...best diagnostic formulation," Hunt writes, "is that the individual suffered an adjustment disorder, with situationally related depression, agitation, and a suicidal attempt/gesture at one point and hypomanic excitement later." Hunt explains that the "suicidal attempt/gesture" resulted in a gash on Medved's forearm that the Soviet freighter's doctor said was self-inflicted...
Hunt is either extremely naive or extremely disingenuous. The Soviet doctor told the psychiatrist that Medved had "himself inflicted the laceration on his forearm...[during] a brief psychotic reaction." But in the report, Hunt asserts that Medved was "clearly not psychotic [his italics]"--which would appear to make the Soviet doctor's explanation somewhat hard to believe...
...very hopeful," said Dr. Anne J. Bradley, a doctor at the Yale Cancer Center. "We're going to be hearing a lot about it in the future...
...extent of the injury is unknown, although the doctor speculates on a stress fracture. X-rays have shown nothing, and she is scheduled for a bone scan in the near future...
...scenes alternate between rendezvous and therapy session, introducing the audience to Prudence's doctor, Stuart Framingham. Oversexed, insecure and aspiring towards machismo, his only valid diagnosis is the one-liner. "You need to accept imperfection, and I can help you with that." Bruce's doctor, Mrs. Wallace, displays her wackiness through her wild word searches--"derigible...no, I mean secretary!"--which are over-written, though not overplayed. If you want a stuffed Snoopy to bark support for your ability to express your emotions, she's the shrink for you. She helps Bob, Bruce's lover, when he is suicidally upset...