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Originally Posted by TipsyTurtle
HI. My wife has been seeing a Dr for two years for Borderline personality disorder. My stepson he was was finally seen about six months ago for an evaluation and about 5 follow up appointments. Since my step-sons appointment, the Dr has revealed what his diagnosis is to me but refuses to discuss it with my wife. Because of my wife's diagnosis and emotional reactivity, the Dr knows that if he were to discuss the seriousness of her child's diagnoses with her, that almost certainly he would lose her as a patient. The child has oppositional defiant disorder.
So I am stuck looking like a idiot to my wife and paying needless money since it was me who had serious concers about my stepson and now the Dr has my wife thinking there is nothing wrong with him. What do i do?
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Welcome to PC. It hasn't been a waste of money. Seems like there is a conflict of interest for the psychiatrist. The p'doc is more likely concerned of the fall out that could happen for your wife and step son. Both of them have established a relationship based on privacy and trust. For the p'doc to break that sense of trust is going to be detrimental on both sides.
reb and Skeezyks have some good suggestions about getting your stepson to seeing a different doc. Then there would be no conflict of interest.