Letter to the editor of the New York Times Science section, emphasis added:
Re "A Self-Effacing Scholar Is Psychiatry's Gadfly" (Nov. 15) : A 14-year-old depressed patient climbed to the hospital roof and jumped off headfirst, breaking his neck.
I was the evaluating psychologist on that case 20 years ago and had previously reported his suicidal tendencies. But he was supposedly "stabilized" on drugs and, therefore, was given "grounds privileges" before he committed suicide....
Dr. Farrell Silverberg
Philadelphia
The writer is a psychologist and the author of "Make the Leap."
[Thanks to Gina for the tip]
