Topic: Macaroni and Cheese - Sometimes A Poem Is Just A Poem — Not A Psychiatric Problem - Hartford Courant
If a child develops a bit of a runny nose but seems otherwise healthy, it doesn’t make a lot of sense to make a visit to the doctor, much less rush to the emergency room. Even absent additional symptoms, if the runny nose requires the consumption of box after box of tissues over several weeks, it’s a good idea to at least check in with the doc. This came to mind upon receiving a letter from a child psychiatrist scolding me for not recommending a psychiatric evaluation for a 10-year-old boy who used a school writing assignment — a poem — to express sadness at the state of the world. With all due respect, I think it might completely unnerve this child for his mom to take him to talk to a professional because he used a poetry assignment to purge himself of certain feelings. More Macaroni and Cheese
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