Psychiatric Malpractice
Psychiatrists have a high standard of care when it comes to providing mental health care for patients. Unfortunately, some psychiatrists will take advantage of a patient’s vulnerability and malpractice can result. For the actions of a psychiatrist to constitute malpractice, the psychiatrist must have acted in violation of the standard of care with resulting emotional or physical injury. Psychiatrist malpractice can include using unnecessary restraints, prescribing incorrect medication, failing to identify a mental health disorder and violating patient-client confidentiality. In order to establish malpractice by a psychiatrist, a patient must show that there was a doctor-patient relationship, that the psychiatrist has to breach the duty of care, that a physical or emotional injury occurred, and that there was a causal link between the malpractice and that injury.
If you or someone you love was harmed by a mistake of a psychiatrist, you may have the right to file a medical malpractice lawsuit. A medical malpractice attorney can evaluate your claim.
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