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Originally Posted by Gentle Lamb
How does one go about looking for an advocate?
I need someone who can speak for me, confront difficult people, like office personal in a DR's Office. Some of these people are accusatory, insulting and just down right rude! I need someone who can and will support me when these types of people turn on attack mode!
Is there such a person or do I have the wrong idea of what an advocate is and does!?
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most mental health treatment providers can bill insurance plans to do advocacy work but most mental health treatment providers will net speak for their clients. fight their clients battles. what they do is accompany their clients to doctor appointments, court, and such to make sure the client is being treated respectfully. if they notice someone not being treated correctly they send in a report of what they have ...witnessed. Advocates cant get involved by confronting fighting with bad treatment providers. they give their own point of view based on their professional relationship with you. that point of view may or may not be the same as yours.
short version every treatment provider in the USA is over seen by supervisors and ethics boards. the reports of bad treatment goes to them, then the supervisors and ethics boards investigate all sides then they take action depending upon the outcome of the investigation. any one of your treatment providers or social service agency can tell you how to send in a complaint on the treatment providers that you feel are not treating you right.