My physician knowing I am in therapy asked me to sign a release form so that my therapist and him are treating me according to the same treatment plans and so on.

If I called him he or his nurse would keep me on the phone and the one not keeping me on the phone would place a call to my therapist to see if she was aware that I was suicidal and if she felt medication would help. If not he had no choice but to follow the state and USA laws that state a person who is a danger to themselves or others has to be taken to the ER for an evaluation as to commitment or not because that is the laws and the protocal for the medical agency he works for.