Dr. Daniel Charles quotes from Chicago Med

I heard about Jack Kellogg. I am so sorry. It's exactly what you said would happen.

Dr. Daniel Charles

Uh, he was a very troubled man who brought things on himself.

Yes, but if he had been remanded to a psychiatric facility, like you wanted, uh... I-I-I just feel so awful.

Dr. Daniel Charles

Listen, Dr. Reese, if you're thinking that in some way this might've been your fault, it just wasn't. He was a very self-destructive guy, and there's just no guarantee the outcome would've been any different no matter where he ended up.

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Dr. Daniel Charles

So, uh... yeah, things got a little... out of hand today, and, um... you know, if the offer's still good, I was thinking that... maybe I could use a few days off.

The offer's still good.

Dr. Daniel Charles

Okay. Thank you.

You're welcome.

[he turns to leave]

Don't stay away too long. We need you here.

Dr. Daniel Charles

Tough day?

We billed $16,000 to a family of a man who died in the waiting room. I managed to quash it, but... the system's broken, Daniel.

Dr. Daniel Charles

Well... don't know anybody better with a glue gun than you.

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Dr. Stanley Stohl

Wait a minute, she won't consent to being tested because she'd rather die than have her family find out she has AIDS, and you're saying she's capable of making rational decisions.

Dr. Daniel Charles

Just because you don't like the decision she's making doesn't mean she's incapable of making it.

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Dr. Daniel Charles

You know, I've been wondering about something you said earlier today about... about not feeling safe in the ED.

It was just an innocuous comment. Heat of the moment.

Dr. Daniel Charles

Reese, you and me, we're both- we're both psychiatrists, right? I mean, "innocuous comment", really?

Dr. Charles, I know today was not my finest hour, but... what with my car getting broken into and Noah getting punched.

Dr. Daniel Charles

Sarah, I get it. You know, this can be a very chaotic, often downright scary work environment. And you know what? It's not necessarily for everybody. I... I chose emergency psychiatry 'cause it was the right thing for me at the time.

I'm sorry, are you reassigning me?

Dr. Daniel Charles

Of course not. I'm just saying there are other options.

No. Not for me. I want to be in the ED.

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Dr. Daniel Charles

How'd it go with Dr. Chapman?

Uh, it was fine. She's fine.

Dr. Daniel Charles

Good. Is there an issue?

I prefer to come back to your service.

Dr. Daniel Charles

I understand. Really, I do, but I-I think it's very important that you explore a different clinical approach.

Yeah, well, Dr. Charles, I'm not an idiot. Um, I know you think my anxiety, my PTSD, if you will, stems directly from your being shot, that our working together is negatively affecting my mental health. But... first of all, um, these are my issues, and I'm working on them, and second of all, you chose to bring me into psychiatry. So I'm not about to let you pawn me off onto that Dr. Chapman when you're the psychiatrist I want to be. Um... I mean, I-I almost lost you once. I-I don't want to lose you again.

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Dr. Daniel Charles

Ah, the old Chapman flow charts. Oh, yeah. Number seven. That there's a doozy. Step seven? Dr. Reese, the truth is I feel responsible for letting your situation get out of hand the way it did. It was my job to, well, guide you and teach you and make you a better doctor, and I... I let you down.

Dr. Charles...

Dr. Daniel Charles

But ultimately, some relationships are just better... kept intact, which is why, if you'd still like to, when you return, I-I would very much welcome you back on my service.

Really?

Dr. Daniel Charles

Really.

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You're wasting your time.

Dr. Daniel Charles

You do understand that we have an obligation to try to get addicts into a program before they leave the hospital?

Yeah, but clearly, she doesn't want our help.

Dr. Daniel Charles

We don't know that. We almost never get through on the first shot.

She won't even talk to you, Dr. Charles.

Dr. Daniel Charles

Ethan, somebody puts up a wall like that... they're usually trying to protect something. That's often worth chipping away at.

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[about a 65 pound woman] Is she the worst case you've ever seen?

Dr. Daniel Charles

A healthy BMI is between 18 and 25, her's is 11. If she's going to survive, we can't afford to make any mistakes.

She's killing herself.

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3,000 calories?

Dr. Daniel Charles

It's all she's willing to accept.

Why are you negotiating? Dangerously low albumin, renal insufficiency. 5'6" and less than 70 pounds. Dr. Charles, I carried her in, she was nothing. She needs high-calorie, long-term nutrition.

Dr. Daniel Charles

I agree.

Then what are you doing?

Dr. Daniel Charles

Anorexia is actually the most deadly mental illness that there is. Every instinct she has is telling her to resist this, and I don't want to push her any harder than she'll let us.

Then let me push her.

Dr. Daniel Charles

No. I made a deal, we have to honor it. Trust me, it's her best shot.

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I did my two-week suspension. I am in therapy. I am not supposed to be afraid anymore. I am a psychiatrist. Rule number one is to connect with your patients, and I could not even look her in the eye.

Dr. Daniel Charles

Look, the good news is that you recognize the problem. Right? Sarah, nobody learns how to master their fears in two weeks, trust me. It just doesn't happen. Not even somebody as determined as you are.

Okay. You know, when, um... when Allison died today, I saw myself, because she could not change. But I have to. I have to. I just don't know how. You have to help me. Dr. Charles.

Dr. Daniel Charles

Of course. Of course. Of course I will.

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Dr. Daniel Charles

[at a prison] Dr. Reese, this is Officer Kowalski. He will be our escort for the day.

Hi.

KOfficer Kowalski

First time?

Mm-hmm.

KOfficer Kowalski

You'll be fine. Just don't feed the animals. Uh, sign the visitor waiver, please.

Waiver?

Dr. Daniel Charles

Basically says that if we, um, get taken hostage, that the state won't negotiate our release. Just standard procedure.

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Dr. Daniel Charles

You shouldn't feel bad.

Why not? I am the one who asked for this. It was stupid.

Dr. Daniel Charles

Not stupid. Ambitious.

I have no business trying to treat a patient like that. I can't help him or myself.

Dr. Daniel Charles

You know, the irony is that guy is so much more scared of you than you are of him.

I doubt that.

Dr. Daniel Charles

What, are you kidding me? Guy like Hector, not gonna let you in. A shrink? He's utterly terrified of what you might find; you know, what he might have to face, you know, so he does the jailhouse thing.

What do you mean?

Dr. Daniel Charles

Convicts survive by demonstrating dominance, by going straight to attack mode. It's how they do it.

So he manipulated me.

Dr. Daniel Charles

These guys are experts at-at spotting vulnerability. You know? And Mr. Ramirez exploited yours.

And so he got the response he was hoping for. [thinking for a moment] I want to go back in.

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Dr. Charles, I know I didn't take your approach today...

Dr. Daniel Charles

You didn't take my approach? You directly defied my orders, and put yourself and your patient in real danger.

Ben isn't dangerous. I think I just proved that.

Dr. Daniel Charles

The only thing you proved to me is that you're reckless and insubordinate, and I have half a mind to suspend you again.

The last few months, you've been preaching to me that I can either see my patients as a threat or as an opportunity. Was I afraid in there? Yes. But my fear no longer controls me. I control it, and now Ben controls his, too.

Dr. Daniel Charles

You are missing the point! I appreciate that exposure therapy has given you a newfound sense of confidence, but it does not make you all-knowing and invincible. What you just did in there was unbelievably stupid.