title: Listening, sympathizing vital to help depressed patients.
abstract: Physically well patients may be discharged long before their emotional and spiritual pain have subsided. Unless health care personnel are available to listen and to help, these patients will remain vulnerable to depression.
mesh_terms: D000022:Abortion, Spontaneous / Q000523:psychology; D002410:Catholicism; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D010327:Pastoral Care; D010564:Personnel, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D011247:Pregnancy