Posted by badhaircut on January 11, 2004, at 14:10:08
In reply to Re: Who would ask about it? » badhaircut, posted by Dinah on January 11, 2004, at 13:22:42
Ah, disclosing a diagnosis to another provider...
A person can be honest and complete in answering questions about what she does and what she thinks and how she feels and about her family and so on, while simply not volunteering any info about her other providers' opinions -- unless she feels comfortable doing so.
If new providers ask, "What have you been diagnosed as?", she could honestly reply, "I'd be more comfortable getting *your* uninfluenced opinion. That's part of why I wanted to see *you*. We can compare diagnostic notes at a later visit, if you like."
They all have access to the same intake questionnaires and the same DSM guidebooks. Make 'em earn that fee! Besides, therapists are often notoriously non-respecting of each other's work.
Warning: strident opinion coming. ;)
(I think the DSM is a silly, therapeutically useless, unsupported, dehumanizing billing device, anyway.)-bhc
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