Ah! The poll arrived. Now I understand what you are asking.
My therapy has always been completely voluntary and is not tied to my psych meds in any way, shape, or form.
I know that the hospital I use does require all patients to have an appointment set up with both a pdoc and a therapist before they are released. That doesn't mean they actually check on you later to see that you followed through though--they don't, but they do try to get patients to set up these appointments for continuity of care. It was a non-issue for me as I was already seeing my T before my first hospitalization, and it was actually through the hospital that I met my pdoc and continued to use him as my private pdoc after I got out. But neither my pdoc or my T require I see the other. They prefer it, but it isn't a requirement.
Last edited by Anonymous32910; Dec 02, 2012 at 08:12 PM.
Reason: danged autocorrect. Must figure out how to turn it off.
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