She did not go to the hospital, no surgery, etc. The definition within FMLA is "serious medical condition", which to me is PHYSICAL, but evidently it is now MENTAL.
Seems Drs. write FMLA work excused absences at the REQUEST of their patient, and fear of a lawsuit. IMHO.
Well you can always deny her the right to take it and take your chances in court. Good luck.
True mental illnesses are medical conditions. They are biologically based. You can't just pull yourself up by your own bootstraps out of schizophrenia or severe depression or severe obsessive-compulsive disorder.
I'm not saying your employee isn't abusing the system. And even if she is genuinely ill there does come a point when an illness or medical condition interferes with a person's ability to do a job - a quadruple amputee wouldn't make a good masseur - but legally speaking it might not be worth it to claim she's reached that point yet.
Mrs VS