Mental Health Services and Providers
Although talking to a psychiatrist feels like sharing with an intimate friend, I hardly know anything about the doctor on the other side of the desk. He knows all my fears, passions, triggers, doubts, secrets, intimate details of my life, and yet, I don’t know his birthday, the name of his children, what he does…
Last Saturday, I volunteered as a Medical Interpreter for OSU Hispanic Health Fair in Tulsa, OK. The fair’s objective was to provide screening and basic medical services to the Hispanic community of East Tulsa. The volunteer coordinator provided me with a portable computer and instructed me to conduct a survey, which was designed to assess…
El lunes pasado manejé 98 millas a través de la llanura para ir a la cita mensual con mi psiquiatra. Hay excelentes profesionales de salud mental en las 20 millas alrededor de mi casa, pero decidí no cambiar de doctor cuando me mudé a esta localidad, porque sabía que no me quedaría aquí por mucho…