Posted by yxibow on November 19, 2007, at 2:51:06
In reply to Righteous Raving Loon or just Raving Loon, posted by Squiggles on November 18, 2007, at 20:11:23
> I'd like to know why doctors do not
> go after their seriously psychotic or
> suicidally depressed patients to help
> with medication or treatment; instead of
> waiting for the suicidal, sometimes shy
> and introverted, or psychotic patient
> to meet them at the next appointment.
> Is this the way psychiatry works everywhere?
> Maybe it's a legal obstacle? I know that
> vets, dentists, home cleaners, telemarketers
> and hairdressers, car mechanics make far
> more frequent update calls.
>
> I seriously don't get it. Maybe i am
> missing parts of the puzzle, due to lack
> of information.
>
> SquigglesLegal -- a doctor maintains a confidentiality and essentially a do no harm / voluntary patient relationship unless they actually believe that a patient is in immediate threat of harm to themselves, others, or abuse to children or elders. "Seriously psychotic" nor the other terms are not DSM diagnoses. If a doctor believes harm is imminent then they will likely transfer an outpatient relationship to an involuntary hold which can be renewed, all of the above depending somewhat on your state's laws.
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