Tamara Loertscher arrived at the Mayo Clinic Health System in Eau Claire on Aug. 1, 2014, despondent. The 29-year-old had suffered depression all her life, but in recent months, her mental health grew especially desperate. She struggled to eat and get out of bed, thinking of harming herself.
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