Posted by Christ_empowered on January 26, 2012, at 12:18:19
OK, this isn't a med question, but its related to shrinks, so here goes....
Back in the day, I had a d-bag shrink as an inpatient. He diagnosed narcissism and a low IQ, gave me high dose Cymbalta, treated me like crap. Whatever, it happens.
Then, he broke confidentiality. He even made fun of me because of my then-receded hair line (its better now) and my homosexuality. Last year, when I randomly saw him on the street, he flexed his muscles and tried to stare me down. I'm not into that macho BS, but I figured I'd just stare back, and then he ended up looking away (and he made a big damn deal out of it, too).
OK, so I later called the Office of Civil Rights and filed a HIPPA complaint against him. Haven't heard from them. He also had to answer a subpoena from the medical board when I filed a complaint against a different shrink.
So, today, I called both places he works--the mental hospital and the private practice. For the mental hospital, I asked to be transferred to whomever handles HIPPA complaints. I told her about one incident, told her I was considering legal action and that I needed to know that it wouldn't happen again. I also told her that I'd been talking to the Citizens Commission on Human Rights (www.cchr.org).
The private practice was a little different. The only way to leave a message was to call the "new patients" line and leave my info. I said I'd been treated by Dr.X back in the day, and he'd gone around making fun of me and breaking confidentiality. I said that "if Dr.X pulls that homophobic bullsh!t on me again, there will be Hell to pay." I left my name and phone number.
So, what say all of you?
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