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Originally Posted by Bobki52
First of all I am new to this forum, so I'm feeling my way.
I am scheduled to go to court against my sister, who I believe is a covert narcissist. My attorney doesn't seem particularly interested in pursuing this avenue disorder. In fact, I don't think he believes me.
But the real problem is that I cannot find a psychiatrist who is interested in reviewing the information I have compiled about my sister to determine if I am right about her. I would like to be able to have a psychiatrist tell the court that there is enough evidence to justify a psychological evaluation.
I am apparently doing something wrong because I have reached out to a couple of local psychiatrists and i haven't heard back from them. I thought this was the type of thing that forensic psychiatrists did. Does anybody have any experience or advice?
Regards,
Bob
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Im confused why are you trying to get your lawyer to present your information about your sisters mental disorder...
is this court case against your sister..... if so then the court will be the one to order a psych eval to find out what mental disorders she may have, this will be done as part of her own lawyers and her defense of what reason why the court case is against her.
on the other side of the coin is this court case against you where charges were made against you.... if so you and your lawyers part is to have a psych eval done on .........you....... in defense of you.
also here in america we have privacy laws, psychiatrists can not take or use any information that you give them. just like if you had a psychiatrist for your own mental problems your sister would not be able to present anything to your psychiatrist to say you have this or that mental disorder. most times psychiatrists in america cant even admit to family who they are treating as long as the person is over 18.
if your sister is younger than 18 then the person the psychiatrists have to talk to is your sisters parents.
the only way they can talk with you about your sister is if you are your sisters guardian because your parents are dead and she is a child. or if you already have been appointed her guardian in a different court case.
psychiatrists at random do not just go around talking to family members and accepting whether that sister or brother has a mental disorder.
if the court wants or needs to know whether your sister has a mental problem they will have her see a court approved psychiatrist who will then report to the court what your sisters problems are just like if the court wants to know what your mental problems they will order you to see a psychiatrist and that psychiatrist will report to the court what your problems are.
just how the court system in america works to protect everyones rights and privacy.