Psychiatric malpractice issues

Perr, Irwin N.

doi:10.1002/yd.23319852507

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“…For many years malpractice actions against psychiatrists accounted for less than 1% of the claims filed against all physicians (Slaw-son & Guggenheim, 1984). In the mid-197Os, psychiatrists were sued at a rate of about 2.25% per year (Robertson, 1988), but by the 1980s that rate had nearly doubled to 4% (Nye, Giford, Webb, & Dewer, 1988;Perr, 1985).…”

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Liability and mental health services.

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1994

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

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Under the current tort-malpractice system, mental health malpractice claims often harm defendants' reputations, disrupt relationships among providers, and breach patient confidentiality. Common areas of malpractice, together with difficulties in defining the standard of care and proving causation, are examined. Reform proposals involving the options of interdisciplinary compensation panels or binding arbitration are designed to protect plaintiff privacy, reduce time and cost of litigation, and increase satisfaction with the dispute resolution process.

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