KARA FOX
journalist + photographer

A man escorts his wife to the mental health department of Phnom Penh's Khmer-Soviet Friendship Hospital.
Patients sit patiently inside the waiting room at the 

mental health ward of Penh's Khmer-Soviet Friendship Hospital.

A nurse explains which types of medicines are typically prescribed for patients suffering from depression and anxiety.

Inside the mental health ward, Patient Chun Rany describes the hallucinations she experienced previous to admittance. 

An outpatient sits in the waiting room inside the hospital's mental health ward. 

A young woman sleeps on a hospital bed while her mother paces the room. 

Chok Thida, head of the mental health department speaks from her office at the Khmer Soviet Friendship Hospital. 

A man attempts to admit his wife to the mental health department of Phnom Penh's Khmer-Soviet Friendship Hospital.
Patients register with hospital staff in the waiting room of the mental health ward inside the Khmer Soviet Friendship hospital in Phnom Penh. 

A doctor walks past patients waiting for treatment at the mental health ward of Penh's Khmer-Soviet Friendship Hospital.
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