Posted by pegasus on April 28, 2009, at 9:17:17
In reply to Re: axis two features » deerock, posted by garnet71 on April 27, 2009, at 16:41:13
>I've never heard of a therapist/dr not give a diagnosis.
Oh, I know lots of therapists who won't make any diagnosis unless it's required for some reason, like insurance reimbursement. I had a therapist once who didn't diagnose in general, and who also took virtually no notes. In my file he would mark down when I'd seen him, and any medication change I reported (he wasn't my pdoc, so if I didn't report it, he didn't know), but that was it. I guess he must have had some bad experience with having his records subpoenaed for a lawsuit, and having his notes not be helpful for his client. So he mostly stoppped taking them.
Seems kind of dangerous, from a self-protection point of view. For example, if I'd tried to sue him for malpractice or something, he'd have had nothing to defend himself with. But he was a really great therapist, and I wonder if he had decided to take on that risk for himself, in order to better protect his clients. Or maybe he was just naive and overly trusting. But I digress.
Peg
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