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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 05:26 PM Original message |
Is it ethical for a psychiatrist to diagnose a public figure? |
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OldLeftieLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
1. Yes, it is ethical |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 05:34 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. But they don't usually share their findings with the public. |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 05:36 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. I agree with you, BurtWorm. |
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OldLeftieLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 05:40 PM Response to Reply #5 |
15. It's no different |
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NWHarkness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 06:28 PM Response to Reply #1 |
36. My wife has been a practicing psychologist for over 30 years |
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OldLeftieLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 07:18 PM Response to Reply #36 |
49. That's her personal belief, |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
2. I don't think so. |
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Maat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 05:34 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. I did my intern hours for the family-therapist license out here in Cal. |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 05:40 PM Response to Reply #6 |
17. I confess: I haven't read Bush on the Couch |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 07:03 PM Response to Reply #17 |
44. well he isn't exactly making a DSM diagnosis, is he? |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 07:24 PM Response to Reply #44 |
52. No, he isn't diagnosing. |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 05:05 PM Response to Reply #52 |
74. you can't really make a diagnosis unless you've actually seen |
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Maat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 01:54 AM Response to Reply #17 |
70. You have a point. |
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Wilms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
3. Is it ethical to keep quiet when a madman has ceased the WH? n/t |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 06:27 PM Response to Reply #3 |
35. Aye |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 10:04 PM Response to Reply #3 |
60. Bingo |
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rooboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
4. Justin Frank is a psychiatrist. Is Charles Krauthammer? n/t |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 05:35 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Yes he is. |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 05:49 PM Response to Reply #8 |
22. Sort of... |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 05:55 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. I don't think currency makes any difference as far as this issue goes. |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 06:21 PM Response to Reply #26 |
34. Which is why I responded to the "is he a psychiatrist issue" only...n/t |
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No Exit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 12:43 AM Response to Reply #4 |
67. He's a combination gargoyle-psychiatrist. |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
7. Well, for the good of our country, I have to say, |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 05:37 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. I just wonder what good it really does. |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 05:50 PM Response to Reply #11 |
24. Terry Schiavo isn't/wasn't the POTUS. |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 05:56 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. Why? What good does it do? |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 06:31 PM Response to Reply #7 |
37. Agreed |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 10:09 PM Response to Reply #37 |
61. Again, I ask what good it does? |
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Benhurst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
10. I think it depends on the psychiatrist and the public figure. |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 05:38 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. But, see that is where I see a problem. |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 05:42 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. Yes, ma'am. |
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Benhurst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 06:20 PM Response to Reply #13 |
33. As a general rule, I agree with you. But we are talking about |
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enki23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
12. i quizzed my gf over the ethics codes for a whole semester... |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 05:40 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Ding. Ding. Ding. |
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enki23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 05:47 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. of course, it's a silly question in the first place |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 05:50 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. Well, I have to admit |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 07:07 PM Response to Reply #25 |
45. oddly enough, sometimes Dr. Phil says stuff that makes a lot |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 07:21 PM Response to Reply #21 |
51. We could make them all call Dr Laura |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 07:19 PM Response to Reply #12 |
50. enki - I think you have it exactly right |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
14. Is it ethical? That's very debatable. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
19. What are you talking about? |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 05:46 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. It's like the whole Frist/Schiavo fiasco. |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 05:49 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. There's an issue of confidentiality in psychiatry. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 06:09 PM Response to Reply #23 |
30. There's no issue of confidentiality |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 06:16 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. There's a reason why pyschiatrists keep confidentiality with patients |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 06:39 PM Response to Reply #32 |
38. Psychiatrists who testify in court publicize disgnoses all the time |
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Benhurst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 06:42 PM Response to Reply #19 |
41. ... |
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Batgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
28. one thing about the Frist/Schaivo deal |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 06:06 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. That's a very well-reasoned counter argument. |
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Batgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 06:11 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. thanks, I also think it's a legitimate question for you to ask |
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bluedawg12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
39. it is NOT ethical. In order to meet the criteria for a medical |
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bluedawg12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 06:49 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. Here is an example for Dx: depression. |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 11:16 PM Response to Reply #39 |
62. I don't think any intelligent person |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 11:28 PM Response to Reply #62 |
63. Fair enough. |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 12:11 AM Response to Reply #63 |
64. sample size here at DU isnt big enough-- |
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bluedawg12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 12:23 AM Response to Reply #64 |
65. The intersection of clinical psychiatry and the need of the |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 01:19 AM Response to Reply #65 |
69. Justin Frank does not claim to diagnose... |
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Maat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 02:01 AM Response to Reply #62 |
71. That was a well-written post. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
40. Bush Syndrome in the DSM-VIII? |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 07:10 PM Response to Reply #40 |
47. there is no Bush Syndrome |
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Neil Lisst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 07:00 PM Response to Original message |
43. I don't believe shrinks can competently evaluate a subject ... |
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Mayberry Machiavelli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 07:09 PM Response to Original message |
46. My personal feeling is it's no more right for Frank to do this, without |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 07:12 PM Response to Original message |
48. It's ethical when they diagnose Bush as nuts but not when they do it to us |
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kerry-is-my-prez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 07:24 PM Response to Original message |
53. I think it's sort of unprofessional - but Bush isn't THEIR client so it's |
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Telly Savalas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 07:29 PM Response to Original message |
54. Charles Krauthammer suffers from borderline personality disorder |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 09:33 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. Are you a psychiatrist? |
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Telly Savalas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 09:41 PM Response to Reply #55 |
58. Whoops. |
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Telly Savalas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 09:38 PM Response to Reply #54 |
56. No. |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 09:48 PM Response to Reply #56 |
59. The point is, he shamelessly exploits his psychiatric training |
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Neil Lisst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 12:27 AM Response to Reply #59 |
66. Anyone who believes him already has their head up their azz ... |
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No Exit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 12:48 AM Response to Reply #66 |
68. It would be interesting to know what took him out of the practice of |
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Neil Lisst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 10:23 AM Response to Reply #68 |
73. I watch those guys, but only to know what the wackies are saying |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
57. yes, or stay in private life |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 10:17 AM Response to Reply #57 |
72. It's really not Bush I'm worried about. |
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