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Originally Posted by Trace14
We know what we are talking about but what they hear may be a different story. If you are not threatening to harm yourself, or anyone else, and don't have a plan, and state you are not suicidal you should be clear. But what the T tells the magistrate is another thing. Just better not to mention that word I guess. I hate that people can't have open , honest discussion about a topic like this. Maybe if they had someone to talk to about it the stats would go down, maybe.
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That's why my pdoc and i came to the 0 to 10 scale method. I've used it in DBT IOP, on the check in sheets, and there they didn't stress too much about constant lower numbers. With me, they learned that mid range numbers were also not that big of a risk. They only really got concerned with big spikes or longer periods of high numbers. I've actually used it with a couple pdoc's now, since I go to a teaching office, and see a resident while they are finishing up. It's worked pretty well for me.