The psychiatrist should be aware that the views of a patient may be distorted by mental illness such as depression.

精神科医师要清楚，患者的态度可能因精神疾病，如抑郁，而受到扭曲。

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He says it can be challenging to tell immediately if a patient is having an acute episode of mental illness, or a predictable reaction to extreme stress.

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That led to an increase in the number of people with mental illness in jail in Columbia so much that it now exceeds the patient total at the city's public psychiatric hospital.

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