Rating MHPs


A bad psychiatrist (or other mental health professional) is simply one who is not a good psychiatrist (or other mental health professinal).

A good psychiatrist (or other mental health professional) has allall…of the following attributes (personal qualities):

  1. They communicate with you.
  2. They are able to explain to you their jargon (language of their profession).
  3. They are willing to explain to you their jargon (language of their profession).
  4. They do not tell you that you cannot understand their explanation of their jargon (language of their profession).
  5. They explain to you their jargon (language of their profession).
  6. They tell you the patient state(s) and/or qualitity(ies) and/or condition(s) they have observed.
  7. They tell you if there are any (case study) probabilities for the patient state(s) and/or qualitity(ies) and/or condition(s) they have observed.
  8. They tell you the criteria they use in the development of their diagnosis.
  9. They tell you the moral judgments they make for each of their criteria.

To be continued.