Dr. Eric Bender

I've had some people, it's funny, years ago, I was seeing a lot more children on my patient.

I still see some kids, but I was seeing a lot more.

And there was one that just wanted to come because I had this one particular game that

And I was saying to a colleague, I'm like, it's because we have this relationship in psychiatry called supervision, where you talk to somebody who's seasoned about your cases to make sure if you have questions or issues, you can get some guidance.

And I remember saying to a colleague of mine, they just want to come because I have this game.

And the colleague said to me, so what?

They're in your office.

They keep coming back.

So I think it can be fine that they keep coming back for whatever reason.

Exactly, exactly.

They were getting, yeah, they were like, they're coming back.

So I do think that there can be that idea of a placebo effect.

Like, okay, this medication is gonna help me.

It's helped so many people or this doctor seems to know what he's doing.

So he can help me.

I will do my best or that doctor might do their best.

It may or may not help.

But if they feel like, okay, I'm getting really good care, that's also important to feel like you're getting good care.

I was going to say, if you can take advantage of it, everybody has...

How should I say this?