What are some of the questions that your psychiatrists ask that you don't like?

Question

I was wondering why my psychiatrist ask me if there are any thoughts of harming myself? Do you think this is not a polite question to ask a patient like me?

Answer 1

That question is required as part of an assessment.

If the mental health professional did not ask that question, he/she would at best be vulnerable to being fired for not following both ethical standards of practice and agency policies. At worse, a person could harm/kill them-self and their survivors could sue the agency and the practitioner.

The standard questions asked by a practitioner are not optional, sorry.

Answer 2

That is something they are supposed to ask you, and judging by your defensiveness about it, you indicate that you probably have had those thoughts, but you feel ashamed of them.

Psychs and other mental health counselors are trained to observe your responses to the questions, but not necessarily the responses you think you are giving them. They pay more attention to your non-verbal responses than to what you actually say. You have to ask yourself, why did that question touch a nerve with you? Why didn't you like that question?

Behavior is the biggest "tell" about what is going on with people. When you take a while to answer a question indicates that you are thinking of something to say, and it indicates deception. Also the way your body responds (unconscously) tells them a lot.

Don't shoot the messenger. Gaining insight into your mental thought pattern and your self-talk is a way for a doc to discover what thoughts you are having that are holding you back or troubling you.

Be honest. Docs are not there to judge you or to form opinions of you. They are merely there to help you discover what things you say to yourself that might be inaccurate, and help you discover better ways to look at things and teach you better coping skills.

Answer 3

It seems to me that high-priced psychiatrist's make money by keeping patients locked into a need for their services if you can please take the time to skim through some of the material available on my personal page, which is very long and would not fit here in this space for an answer and with particular reference to the link near the top, which is titled life energy word abacus and make a point to use some notation software perhaps even Microsoft OneNote 2007 (Google search for Microsoft OneNote 2007 demo; for the $1.50 download of the trial version) and make notes of the questions which you find yourself asking about your own life. As to how this information applies to you perhaps particularly as applying your own efforts of exertion with your life energy to the quality building of harmless prosperity in the context of your friends and professional relations even if that is only school; then you will get an idea of how much quality you can receive from the psychotherapy available from this professional because if they cannot assist you with the direct and immediate integration of your skills and personal aptitudes for the purpose of building stronger relationships with people who are observed to be worthwhile and making appropriate choices for continuing the paths available for citizens of this country in the social and economic conditions. Then this doctor is unworthy of your financial sustenance to his business practice.

Answer 4

Umm, yeah, I would think that if you're recieving help from a psychiatrist, then yes, they need to know if you wanna harm yourself!

Answer 5

My therapist asks me the same question. I think they just ask to see how far we will go in destroying ourselves.

Answer 6

only those who cannot do teach, same with those psychiatrists, they them self need to be nut-cases to treat other nut-cases