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Royal Edinburgh Hospital
2023-10-05
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Written by a NHS patient
Written by a NHS patient 5th October 2023
Brendan Mallow was meant to be asking me about my mental health and my recent attempted suicide. The entire meeting he made me feel stupid, worthless and like everything about my mental health was my fault. The second he left the room I started crying and lost faith in any mental health support provided by the NHS. Forgive my language but he treated me like shit and made me wish my suicide attempt had been successful.
No medical professional has ever made me feel as disgusting. His tone and the contents of what he was saying were rude and patronising. He downplayed my mental health struggles, chalked it all up to drug abuse (for a drug I have tried once and never plan on trying again) and blamed my friends because they are also suicidal. I have an amazing support system of loved ones who have always been there for me but he made it seem like we sit in a circle daring each other to try to overdose.
Overall, Mr. Mallow was shallow, rude, apathetic and downright mean. I had been in hospital all night for attempting to commit suicide and all he did was make me want to try again.