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In reaction to the difficult and ambiguous termination I went thru with a T four years ago, I requested a full copy of my records hoping to have more light shed on the subject. In my state T's are required to release everything--they can't hold back any therapy related notes upon request.
My T said she wouldn't release for the exception reason of not doing it if T thinks it might harm patient’s mental or physical health, sent them to my pdoc, who then released them to me after reading them.
In going over the records for the termination period, there seem to be missing records, records referred to in the other notes, in addition to some records that should exist given the behaviors that occurred.
A consultation meeting record isn't in the stuff I received. The information is referred to, i.e. "See 9/8 consultations" and a later reference is made to another consultation session not in the records.
I'm seeing a T just to process the termination, and I want him to talk to her in hopes she can offer more info via him (plus have him handle some formal matters like getting references for T's to see, day hospital programs, etc. He's not in my state). But I want to see the full termination records, and I think she held back.
Anyone had the problem of having the right (for your state)to getting full records by having a T hold some select ones back?
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