Eleven-year-old Linda Mae sat uncomfortably on the exam table, looking straight ahead, expressionless, ignoring my questions about her length of illness and associated symptoms. Only after her mother gruffly ordered her to "talk to that lady" did she mumble a response to my questions. Her indifference and apathy concerned me. I knew her problems were much deeper than the mild viral illness that brought her to the health .? center that day.
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