I too am surprised that more mental health professionals aren’t assaulted and/or murdered. After all, the good ones tell their patients the truth as kindly as possible and no matter how or what is said and done, some patients cannot bear it.
I work in a sleep lab and sometimes get calls from people desperate from lack of sleep who are ready to harm either themselves or us because of that desperation. I’ve been threatened as well and it’s a scary thing. The hospital wants us to identify ourselves on the phone but I refuse to do so.
HIPPAA laws DO make exceptions for law enforcement, so I don’t understand California’s reluctance to allow law enforcement to look at these records. I’m glad I live in NY and that they’re more pragmatic.
Take care of yourself, dear.
