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Originally Posted by stopdog
Most people do not file frivolous lawsuits in my experience as a lawyer. They may not all win, but they do usually have a legitimate basis. That the therapist voluntarily left such an environment would seem a good sign to me.
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Mental Health cases are a tiny tiny proportion of malpractice cases. The NPDB has data on malpractice spanning decades. To illustrate proportion, for the 2000-9 decade in Kentucky, the incidents resulting in disciplinary action were 4200 physical health professional related, and 15 mental health professional related. While there are more physical health visits, it isn't even close to this degree of disparity. This means the vast majority of cases lose in professional review.
One of the reasons for this is the population served; many or most of those in treatment have some kind of emotional or cognitive disorder, and people can make decisions based on faulty reasoning. A person with BPD and a disagreement with a treatment team isn't precluded from filing a lawsuit. They just don't typically get very far, when you look at the stats.