Who would study psychology unless they had some issues?!-Chapter 95 - 94: There’s a Problem

Li Minglu’s medical records are detailed in the transferred materials, so Nan Zhubin knows.

Going to Jiangdu University Affiliated Hospital for diagnosis and treatment is a good choice.

The psychiatry and psychological consultation in China, like each other, started relatively late, and many small hospitals do not have psychiatry departments; even if they do, they are usually staffed by some older doctors planning to semi-retire, only going on the job after some psychological training.

In terms of specific psychological professional operations, it is very weak.

In comparison, choosing the affiliated hospital of a top provincial university would be more reliable in terms of outcomes.

Li Minglu continued recalling: "After going there, um... registering, queuing, finding a doctor, then doing a scale test, and getting a diagnosis report."

A relatively standard procedure.

"After the score from that scale test came out, the doctor asked some of my usual feelings, thoughts, and also asked how long I had these feelings. Finally, they diagnosed me with ’moderate depression’."

Moderate means it needs attention but fortunately is not the worst case.

"After that, the doctor had a brief chat with me and then recommended me to go to an outside consultation center to find a consultant for consultation."

Nan Zhubin nodded; it’s not very standard, but it’s reasonable.

In China, there is a relatively clear distinction in job responsibilities between ’psychologists’ and ’psychological consultants’, especially hospital psychiatrists.

Except for some more specialized psychiatric hospitals specializing in psychological therapy interventions, hospital psychiatrists generally only diagnose and prescribe medication and do not perform psychological interventions, colloquially known as "talk therapy", and patients have to leave about ten minutes after sitting down for consultation.

Generally speaking, after diagnosis in a hospital psychiatry department, one needs to find a psychological consultant outside for long-term intervention, which is a more complete process.

And due to the current chaos in the psychological consultation market, having a professional doctor recommend a well-known consultation center or consultant is obviously better than an outsider blindly searching for a consultant.

However, usually, doctors don’t do this out of cautiousness, because if the recommended consultant fails to handle the patient well, it can easily backfire on the doctor.

"I followed the doctor’s business card to find that consultation center, and the consultant there is said to be a professor from Jiang University."

"They connected me with a consultant, talked, and then prescribed me medication."

[Wait, wait...]

Nan Zhubin was momentarily stunned, and then his pupils suddenly dilated.

[!!!]

Apart from their respective functions, there is a more fundamental difference between psychological consultants and psychologists.

That is, psychological consultants—do not have prescription rights!

Psychological consultation centers cannot prescribe medication to visitors!!!

[There’s a big problem!]

[This psychological consultation center is recommended by the psychiatric department’s doctor of the Jiang University Affiliated Hospital, and presided over by a professor from Jiang University... it might even be the "teacher"!]

[No, no, don’t think about such a violation for now. If the flaw really were that big, why would the "teacher" so simply and directly refer the visitor here?]

For a moment, thousands of thoughts began to collide in Nan Zhubin’s mind.

He vaguely felt that something in him was being awakened, something not controlled by thought but almost like muscle memory, reflex.

He wasn’t even paying much attention to listening carefully to the visitor’s narrative.

[Emotion Rebalancing!]

A slight fatigue swept over his heart, and Nan Zhubin’s wildly pulsating pupils suddenly calmed down.

[Maybe the visitor’s expression was wrong, and he didn’t go to a "consultation center" but a "private clinic," and clinics do have prescription rights.]

[But not prescribing within the hospital, specifically recommending going outside to a private clinic for medication... is still somewhat manipulative.]

Anyway, these are side issues, matters beyond the consultation.

What is most important for Nan Zhubin now is to focus on the consultation before him.

...

At this moment, the visitor had already spoken for a while.

Nan Zhubin had no choice but to interrupt slightly, to make up for his previous distraction.

He showed an interested expression: "What you just mentioned seemed very interesting. Could you please repeat it briefly?"

A conversation skill known as [Repetition].

This skill is often used to bring the focus to the key points of the conversation to the visitor, or to make a lying visitor experience self-contradiction;

Or—unnoticeably returning to consultation after the consultant’s mind has wandered.

After hearing Nan Zhubin’s words, Li Minglu paused slightly and nodded: "I just said, I was somewhat resistant to medication at first because I heard these drugs have addictive properties or something."

"But that doctor said my illness is ’infectious depression,’ and staying at home long-term might affect my family due to my condition, so medication intervention would be better, so I eventually took it." frёeweɓηovel_coɱ

Nan Zhubin’s face remained neutral, but his brows slightly furrowed.

This explanation is actually fine because the depressive mood of depression does have an infecting effect on the surrounding environment.

However, in connection with some earlier operations, everything becomes more meaningful.

Then, Li Minglu spoke about the consultation experience at the center, recent feelings, and so on.

Nan Zhubin noted them all in his mind, starting to make his judgments.

"At the beginning, you seemed to repeatedly talk about ’work’ issues—you gradually lost interest in painting, but since painting is your job, you forced yourself to paint even without inspiration, even if it made you feel increasingly uncomfortable?"

Li Minglu pursed his lips: "Yes, because I have to support my family, and all I can do is paint."

"Later, when you got the medication, you initially didn’t want to take it; until the doctor said your ’condition’ would affect your family, so you decided to take the medication, right?"

Li Minglu nodded.

"You are a very responsible person, valuing family highly, which is a precious quality for a man, a husband, a father."

Nan Zhubin engaged in [Positive Attention], in the intervention of depression patients, he needs to use this technique very frequently and appropriately to build confidence in the visitor.

Li Minglu, however, didn’t feel praised: "This is what I should do, nothing worth praising. Instead, my current illness... has become a burden to my family, which shouldn’t be."

Nan Zhubin did not continue to persuade and instead prepared to change the subject subtly.

He glanced at the wall clock.

"I basically understand your previous situation. To conduct our future consultations, I need to form a basic impression of you."

"We still have a little bit of time, so considering your previous consultation experiences, I’ll conduct a simple test you haven’t done before."

"It’s called the [House Tree Person Drawing Test]."

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