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This Discharge Summary was dictated in anticipation of the patient's discharge on December 12, 2013. At the time of preparing this report, the patient remains hospitalized with discharge from the hospital pending. Yip is a 50-year-old married man from Hong Kong who lives with his wife and daughter in Toronto. He hasn't worked in the last 5 years. He had previously owned a restaurant. He attributed his inability to work over the past 5 years to his persistent psychiatric problems. His wife works as an accountant and is the family's financial supporter at the moment. The patient was hospitalized on November 29 after taking an overdose of approximately 50 Imovane tablets. He told the staff that for many years he had been increasingly distressed by the sensation of mucus stuck in his throat and that he could no longer continue to live. He felt like it was interfering with his breathing and swallowing. He believed this prevented him from sleeping. He clearly indicated that his overdose was a deliberate attempt to e...