Ouch, I have had the same dilemma. I called the college of physicians & surgeons (think it was that; some time ago) & they said basically same thing: psychiatrist can fwd your file to new dr. or you can get a copy for like $200. Ridiculous.

I would mention the McInerney v. MacDonald precedent & also what Dr. Wylie said. I would be interested as to what your dr. says.

Is this a dr. @ the place where I think you are going? (TMCFP-CP).

It is funny how we pour our life out to these people & are met w/ such denial to our files. It angers me. It is our business, imho. If they are worried about covering their a$$es w/ what they wrote, well then, having us sign a waver before we get our file would solve that problem, no?