Posted by Jack Smith on May 29, 2003, at 22:26:36
In reply to Re: Saw new pdoc, said nothing more could be done., posted by Jack Smith on May 29, 2003, at 22:11:06
> > "You're the man who's tried everything, and to be perfectly honest with you, I have no ideas as to how to treat you. You've been on everything. There's nothing more. That's psychiatry's dirty little secret: not everyone responds to treatment and some will will only achieve a very partial response if anything at all."
I am guessing you are not going to answer these questions but there is no harm in asking them.
Would you personally ever tell a patient something to this effect that "there's nothing more" that can be done for you?
Do you consider telling a depressed patient that they have no chance of ever getting better to be consistent with the Hippocratic oath to "do no harm" considering that a very real implication of such a statement is that the patient should commit suicide?
Finally, do you agree that some people have no chance of EVER responding to treatment?
Your answers would interest me. I understand that you may not want to second guess other docs and also that these questions really have nothing to do with psychobabble administration.
JACK
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