You Don't Say: Psychiatrists and Their Notes
Regardless of how the psychiatrist documents treatment, there is the potential for problems. Dr. Hellman notes, “No matter how well you record a psychotherapy note, it is never enough if the goal is to find fault with it.”
—Dinah Miller, M.D.
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If you would like to join the discussion on our original Shrink Rap blog, please click here and go to the September 7, 2011, post entitled What’s in a Note? Psychiatrists and Medical Records. Comments on Shrink Rap are open to all readers.
Dr. Miller is the co-author of Shrink Rap: Three Psychiatrists Explain Their Work, recently released by Johns Hopkins University Press.
