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Hi Scott,
To feel grief is alright.
But with regards feeling guilty, I would like to share with you the experience a psychiatist-author whose book I read a couple years ago.
He had a patient for over 20 years, dealing with depression. Soon after the last time they met, he heard from the patient's mother that his patient ended his life.
The man received cost-free care from our best mental health institution, from a top psychiatrist (recipient of our highest civilian award, the Order of Canada), but nobody had a clue he would end his life. The psychiatrist wrote that he felt sorry he didn't see the warning sign. But not guilty, he has done his part.
I believe you have done your part too, seen him doing well the last time you were together.
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@vircet Yes, I also knew a psychiatrist who was the head of a large institute. He told me that he still couldn’t believe the many, many suicides which came out of the blue, totally unexpected.
He had personally written very positive evaluations for many patients, even adding notes that their meds could soon be decreased.
And then they would be found the next day, dead by their own hand…very sad.