University of Iowa psychiatrist writes in medical journal about ‘Letters from Elijah’ June 3, 2008
Posted by John in Medicine.Tags: American Journal of Psychiatry, correspondence, Iowa City (Iowa), Linda Madson, Mental Health, Psychiatry, University of Iowa
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From American Journal of Psychiatry:
Letters From Elijah
Linda Madson, M.D. [Department of Psychiatry, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa]
I smile as I shift through my snail mail and spy the familiar small white business envelope. Each time it is the same: the envelope addressed in longhand to my large hospital, two sheets of plain unlined typing paper covered in black ink, the lines of text slanting slightly downward from horizontal. The letter has no margins, every available inch is used for script, and the last line is cramped onto the end of the page, shorter and smaller that the rest. Initially a nuisance, these communications have morphed into something far more meaningful. …
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