
Mental Health
Sometimes Embracing Emotional Distress Is the Best Medicine
Avoiding mental discomfort at any cost can be a self-defeating strategy
Joanna Cheek, MD, FRCPC is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the University of British Columbia, in Victoria, Canada
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