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When a psychiatrist or licensed therapist makes a (new, not confirming) diagnosis, is it normal for them not to share that diagnosis with a client immediately? I discovered two new diagnoses only after retrieving my medical file more than a year after discontinuing!
Also, after visiting the ER in the same hospital where I had recently stayed for a month's duration and was given an MI diagnosis--why would paperwork from the ER not list that specific diagnosis? Instead, discharge papers stated: "Your diagnosis is: MENTAL DISORDER, MENTAL DISORDER, MOOD DISORDER." Is this some standard practice with any rational reasoning attached? Has anyone else encountered this practice to seemingly keep a diagnosis secret from a patient?
TIA for any enlightenment offered!
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