'I Can Help This Person’ [TheMartshallProject.org]

Samantha Sangenito 4/3/174:00 AM

A prison psychologist mourns a patient he tried to save.

This article was published in collaboration with Vice.

I’d been working for several years as a psychologist for prisoners in Washington state when I was tasked with treating a deeply troubled man in his early 20s. I can’t tell you his name, or his mental health diagnosis. I can tell you that treating him was the most significant professional challenge I have ever faced.

[For more of this story, written by Ryan Quirk, go to https://www.themarshallproject...is-person#.OUou6352A]

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