I knew someone who worked in an inpatient mental health setting. He was not a professional, but was closely involved with patients. He said it was kind of a standing joke amongst some of the staff that pdocs really don't like to have to rethink things. He said the pdocs were always saying, "Let's see the old chart." (From, perhaps, a previous admission.) Like . . . they were more interested in knowing what the last pdoc said than in interviewing the patient and doing a fresh assessment.

That has happened to me, and I think it is a huge problem.