My cousin recently went to her college counsler to talk. coming out of the room she was told that she is bi-polar, a threat to society, and needed medication. note: she is 18 and her father has passed away in late august. she gets really depressed about it and cries and usually it only takes talking and conforting to get her through it. she has never hurt anyone or held in any agression. i feel that what the counsler told her is every unethical of her and an abuse of her position. who is the counsler to say that a grieving child is threat to society when my cousin just went into there to talk to someone? what can be done about this situation i am very angry that this had to happen.
2007-11-13 14:23:26 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Psychology
It was the OPINION of the counselor that your cousin is "bi-polar". She was probably in a hurry and did not listen to everything your cousin shared or your cousin did not share the "rest of the story". I am hard pressed to believe a person can make that diagnosis based on one encounter. NOPE , not possible. You cannot undo what has been done but you can be supportive for your cousin. Just because someone calls you a "chair" does not mean you are a "chair". Get it? It would be up to you cousin, if she wants to, to go back to the counselor to ask for an explanation of the diagnosis. I suppose you could file a complaint with the college, as could your cousin. How important is it? Finally, remember that this person who your cousin saw is HUMAN, subject to making mistakes.
2007-11-13 14:38:40 · answer #1 · answered by Barbara A 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Guess what? You are the answer to her situation. You have stated the remedies that must occur. If she saw a counselor, one she can not diagnose "bi polar" and two she can not say she needs "medication", only a psychiatrist may do this. You imply that she needs to grieve (look up the stages of grieving and share them with her). Support and love for your cousin, who seems to trust you as she told you what happened, is what she needs. We are social being and we all hurt. Help her "hurt" and help her "heal". You are one in a million! Seek additional assistance if she seems to want to hurt herself or others. Stick by her. Good luck and God bless you!
2007-11-13 23:32:19 · answer #2 · answered by hmmmm 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The counselor told her this after one session?!! Your cousin needs to forget everything the counselor said and see a psychologist in town.
2007-11-13 23:47:13 · answer #3 · answered by Jade <>< 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋