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Old Sep 20, 2014, 04:53 PM
cool09 cool09 is offline
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No, but body language means a lot. I lived in Albuquerque for 6 mths (fyi: health care is very abysmal in N.M.) and there were only 4-5 psychiatrists in town. I went to a psychiatrist who was older, dressed in sandals and had a gray pony tail. It didn't bother me but when I went thru my extensive treatment history with him and told him about nervous breakdowns and hospitalizations he acted like he had never heard of such stories before. That flew up red flags for me.

Several agency intakes that I went thru in N.M. were pure insults. I had one intake appt. where a worker asked me questions from a form on his PC and he ate chips during the entire intake. At the end, the PC spit out the results of the questionnaire in the form of a numerical value. The most primitive, informal way to assess someone seeking immediate professional help, imho.
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Last edited by cool09; Sep 20, 2014 at 04:54 PM. Reason: add
Thanks for this!
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