In the pandemic, mental stress has increased for many people. Some develop depression. However, the disease is not always easy to recognize, as our columnist knows from his experience as a general practitioner.
The consultation hour as a catalyst for linguistic highlights? It does happen. A patient recently astounded me with the formulation that he lacked “the sense organ for positive things”. He was not poetic by nature, but in his own words a sober scientist trying to describe a health problem concisely.