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What are the steps needed to take to sue a psychiatrist?

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So, my family has been seeing my psychiatrist, for, oh, about 8 years. I started seeing him when I was 15 for just a couple of months, and then I started up again when I was 17, and I just quite him about 2 months ago (I just turned 19).

I quit because he breached confidentiality.

At the time, i was 18, and he has told me before "what gets said in his office, stays in his office", and I believed him, because since I was 18, it's not like he could say anything anyway. The only way, he said, that he could say anything to anyone is if I were suicidal (which i'm not) or being abused (which i'm not).

Anyways. So I was in his office and I opened up to him about the fact that I have a hard time regulalrly taking my ant-depressants, and that I take diet pills, and I revelealed to him my goal weight. Once we were done meeting, he walked me out to the waiting room, and immediately told my mom "I'm at a loss of what to do. Jennifer hasn't been taking her anti-depressants, and she's taking diet pills to reach her unrealistic weight goal of __ lbs." I was shocked.

Me and my mom walked out, and I called him right after and left a message saying that i felt like he breached confidentiality, and that i don't think i should see him anymore, and i asked him what I should do about medication until I could find someone new. He called me back saying that he felt like being that I felt that way, it would be best that I switch psychiatrists, because being that he's seeing my whole family "there really are no secrets".

With that being said, i've decided that I would like to sue him. It hurt me emotionally that he did that, and what if he's doing it to other people too? That's not right..

So my questions are:

1) Do I have proper grounds to sue?

2) What steps should I take?

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  1.     You have no grounds for a lawsuit.  If he has been seeing the whole family for family therapy, then what is said in his office is open to every family member he is treating.  When he said that it stays in his office, he meant it was not to be discussed with anyone outside the immediate family unit.  I'm sorry you misunderstood his statement, but you can not sue because you misunderstood what his intentions were.


  2. Your so stupid.

    Quit being a little sissy.

    Who cares if he told your mom,  you little cry-baby.

    Its for your own good.

    what the **** is this world coming to!

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