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Rebbie556
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| Subject: Red flags to look for in psychiatrists Thu Feb 22, 2018 10:47 am | |
| - if they do not like that you research your disorder/s and treatment/s
- if they do not explain the reason/s behind certain treatment/medication that they are prescribing you
- if they are reluctant/refuse to let you access your medical records
- if their first response to symptoms is medication without any talk therapy
- if they say they “don’t believe in therapy”
- if they say they “don’t believe in medication”
- if they insist on seeing your parent/legal guardian without you being present
- if they tell you that there are no other treatment available if you complain about your current treatment/medication not working/having unmanageable side effects
- if they diagnose you without explaining how they came to that diagnosis, what it entails, and which treatments you have at your disposal
- if they fall asleep during a session (you’re laughing but it happened, several times, and i’m not boring)
- if they assure you that you cannot have [insert disorder here] because you are too young/wealthy/poor/fat/skinny/smiling/old/whatever bs (the only valid reasons for not having a disorder is if you do not meet the minimum criteria for it, age/body/ethnicity/etc are not criteria)
- if they tell you that you obviously do not want/are not ready to get help (that’s a super abusive technique, would only see this as a valid comment to make if you are pressured into seeing them by someone who has authority over you)
- if they insist on you continuing to take a medication despite the side effects very negatively affecting you (for example: if you are recovering from an ED and you get the “gaining weight” side effect and that is very triggering to you)
- if they are flippant about/disregard your feelings i’m probably forgetting a lot. feel free to add.
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sscc
Posts : 1322 Contribution Points : 82296 Forum Reputation : 523 Join date : 2016-02-27
| Subject: Re: Red flags to look for in psychiatrists Thu Feb 22, 2018 11:44 am | |
| -If they have previously treated someone who went on to become a mass murderer. | |
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gunsgobang
Posts : 30 Contribution Points : 75258 Forum Reputation : 0 Join date : 2016-01-05
| Subject: Re: Red flags to look for in psychiatrists Thu Feb 22, 2018 11:56 am | |
| As a psychologist, I agree with all of these, but I'd like to make one correction.
There are several diagnoses that can only be given at, or after, certain ages. For example, personality disorders cannot be diagnosed before the age of 18 (although this is likely changing to 25 in the next DSM) as brains are not fully developed yet. So, if a psychiatrist says you can't be diagnosed due to age, he/she might be correct. | |
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sscc
Posts : 1322 Contribution Points : 82296 Forum Reputation : 523 Join date : 2016-02-27
| Subject: Re: Red flags to look for in psychiatrists Thu Feb 22, 2018 12:00 pm | |
| - gunsgobang wrote:
- As a psychologist, I agree with all of these, but I'd like to make out one correction.
There are several diagnoses that can only be given at, or after, certain ages. For example, personality disorders cannot be diagnosed before the age of 18 (although this is likely changing to 25 in the next DSM) as brains are not fully developed yet. So, if a psychiatrist says you can't be diagnosed due to age, he/she might be correct.
Isn't the same true for weight? I think you can only be diagnosed with Anorexia Nervosa if you have persistently restricted your caloric intake until it leads to a "significantly low body weight." | |
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Jea
Posts : 536 Contribution Points : 57567 Forum Reputation : 10 Join date : 2018-01-21
| Subject: Re: Red flags to look for in psychiatrists Thu Feb 22, 2018 12:27 pm | |
| - sscc wrote:
- -If they have previously treated someone who went on to become a mass murderer.
or some of their patients committed suicide _________________ "I'm having an old friend for dinner." (с)The Silence of the Lambs, 1991
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gunsgobang
Posts : 30 Contribution Points : 75258 Forum Reputation : 0 Join date : 2016-01-05
| Subject: Re: Red flags to look for in psychiatrists Thu Feb 22, 2018 8:11 pm | |
| - sscc wrote:
- gunsgobang wrote:
- As a psychologist, I agree with all of these, but I'd like to make out one correction.
There are several diagnoses that can only be given at, or after, certain ages. For example, personality disorders cannot be diagnosed before the age of 18 (although this is likely changing to 25 in the next DSM) as brains are not fully developed yet. So, if a psychiatrist says you can't be diagnosed due to age, he/she might be correct.
Isn't the same true for weight? I think you can only be diagnosed with Anorexia Nervosa if you have persistently restricted your caloric intake until it leads to a "significantly low body weight." Yep, that's right. | |
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Stoned Slacker
Posts : 148 Contribution Points : 57429 Forum Reputation : 15 Join date : 2018-02-16
| Subject: Re: Red flags to look for in psychiatrists Fri Feb 23, 2018 7:42 pm | |
| a lot of them are predator-esque to drug as many children as possible to make the most money. | |
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