Posted by fires on December 12, 2004, at 22:44:18
In reply to Re: That's ok. There's no need for you to get it. » fires, posted by TofuEmmy on December 12, 2004, at 21:30:48
> It's quite safe to say that not everyone who files a law suit against a T has BPD. It's probably a REALLY safe bet to say that not everyone who has BPD files law suits against their T's. It's also, a REALLY REALLY safe bet, that T's who SHOULD have law suits brought against them often don't.
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> So, how is it that you know that your highly ethical pdoc had a lawsuit brought against him by a BPD client?? He didn't reveal this information to you, did he??
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He mentions the story on p. 34 of one of his books: "Tuning the Brain". He doesn't give the patients name.Also, he never became a psychiatrist, but rather a Family Doc with a renowned expertise in psychopharmacology, treatment resistant patients, and CFS.
He (my retired MD) decided not to become a PDoc because of incidents like the following which he mentions in the above mentioned book: (I'm condensing it)
He was acing as an intern in a children's hosp.. A 13 year old boy was admitted with a movement disorder which had been Dxed as hysterical but had not responded to 4 years of 5x a week psychoanalysis. The boy also had myoclonic jerks and coprolalia. He immediately Dxed the boy with Tourette's and administered a low dose of Haldol (the only pharmalogic treatment available back then), and the boy was essentially symptom free in less than an hour. His parents were amazed and grateful, and their child was discharged the next day.
He was reprimanded by the chief of child psych. the next day. He didn't realize that the parents might be quite angry with their child's analyst.
He then briefly told the chief about Tourette's, and that it couldn't respond to psychoanalysis because it was a neuro. disorder.
"Remember that this era was one when psychiatry was psychoanalysis, which was the appropriate, best, and only treatment for virtually every disorder that even had a trace of psychiatric flavor added to it (even asthma, ulcers, and headaches, as well as schizophrenia and mania)."
The book contains many similar disgusting, yet fascinating stories. (No personal financial interest).
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