Therapy: the game

I’m currently on my psychiatry placement. I’m not going to write about any of the patients I’ve seen and spoken to so far (to be honest it’s a bit overwhelming and there’s still so much to think about), but I wanted to share something that caught my attention. My consultant runs a ‘first episode psychosis’ clinic in a fairly innocuous looking youth centre, where patients with newly diagnosed psychotic episodes can receive medical help away from the stigma-attached local mental health unit. One patient didn’t want a student present, so I went to the waiting room where I spotted the above ‘game’ on a table. Alas I didn’t have time to explore the contents...