Months into the COVID-19 pandemic, people with severe mental illness who receive psychiatric services from Dr. Fumi Mitsuishi’s clinic in San Francisco are dying at a rate 13 times higher than that of the general population. After the death of one of her own patients, Dr. Mitsuishi struggles to process the loss of a life that reminds her in many ways of her own. Her journey leads her deeper inside herself, where she confronts the common humanity that fuels her life’s work.
 

[00:52] Story by Fumi Mitsuishi, MD, MS, director of UCSF’s Division of Citywide Case Management Programs and an associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences
 

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UCSF Division of Citywide Case Management Programs

Citywide teams turn to telehealth to continue care during the COVID-19 pandemic

Thank you to host Liz Neeley and to Matt Logan for providing his original song for the credits music. Mr. Logan helps hospitalized children manage pain, build resilience, and find joy as a board-certified music therapist for the Music Therapy Program at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital San Francisco.