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Psychiatrists May Be Group Averse
Category: News Defused
For many years I have observed that a high percentage of the psychiatrists who evaluate and treat my clients are, themselves, in need of a mental health evaluation and long-term therapy. So, when I came across this news article from Canada I was not surprised.
Disorders plague court psychiatrists, judge concludes
EDMONTON - Name-calling, factions and conspiracies are common in the "dysfunctional" office of more than a dozen psychiatrists who analyze criminals for the courts, an Edmonton judge has found.In a 55-page decision released Friday, Court of Queen's Bench Justice Erik Lefsrud ruled that allegations of defamation in the department were unfounded, but the department was plagued by infighting and lack of leadership.
"What emerged is a picture of a very dysfunctional working environment in which name-calling, finger-pointing, intransigence and conspiratorial workings have thwarted the best intentions of all the psychiatrists involved," he wrote.
"How such a group of obviously intelligent professionals could work themselves into such a state is beyond comprehension.
It is well within my comprehension that a group of psychiatrists would exhibit dysfunctional behavior. In fact, I would doubt that any group of a dozen psychiatrists could avoid name-calling, finger-pointing, intransigence and conspiratorial workings. It may be in their genes.
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