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Dr Phil Betrays Spears
Fox News | 1/9/08 @ 10:50 CST

Posted on 01/09/2008 10:58:38 AM PST by DBCJR

Dr Phil, called into help Spears family as Britney mnelts down, went public with plans to air it on a special "intervention" show.


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To: DBCJR
This would appear to be in violation of any license ethics codes. It seems consistent with a move toward Jerry Springer style therapy.

Bad move on Dr Phil's part. If she relapses, suffers ANY grief, kills herself her family( or she if she doesn't die from the "trama of her problems tossed on national TV) MAY have the rights to sue Dr Phil to high heaven ESPECIALLY if she signed anything while in the hospital. Not that I care much about Britney, but she deserves good private mental health care like every other patient in that hospital AND, if DR Phil accidently films a "borderline personality" ...losing his license will be the least of his worries.

41 posted on 01/09/2008 12:12:34 PM PST by Karliner ("Things are more like they are now than they ever were before. DDE)
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To: adopt4Christ

If Dr. Phil were being at all proper in handling this, we shouldn’t be hearing any story at all. Apparently the only reason we’re hearing about it is because he wanted to have the intervention be a public, ongoing thing for him to exploit on his TV show. He had programs blocked out for the therapy and everything, so now he has to go dig up other sad cases.


42 posted on 01/09/2008 12:20:28 PM PST by Cyber Liberty (Don't trust anyone who can’t take a joke. [Congressman BillyBob])
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To: dead

Funniest line of the day.


43 posted on 01/09/2008 12:20:37 PM PST by Diplomat
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To: utahagen

Dr. Laura impresses me much more; but then, she’s not sucking up to a TV audience....


44 posted on 01/09/2008 12:25:46 PM PST by NRA1995 (Mr. President and Congress: This is OUR country and don't you forget it!)
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To: getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL

“I don’t believe there is any violation of any code of ethics. Dr. Phil was not and is not Britney’s physician. What I find maddening is the hospital’s decision to release Ms. Spears. There is no way in heck a thorough evaluation could have been done in that short amount of time.”

Dr Phil is a psychologist, not a physician. When he went to her aid in response to a call, she was under his care, whether a chart was opened or not. He violated the ethical code. But he is so stinikn’ rich now he probably doesn’t need it.


45 posted on 01/09/2008 12:27:33 PM PST by DBCJR (What would you expect?)
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To: DBCJR

The local radio station just had a one sentence “report” on this. It said that the Spears family said that Dr. Phil crossed the line by talking publicly about this.


46 posted on 01/09/2008 12:32:31 PM PST by KarlInOhio (Rattenschadenfreude: joy at a Democrat's pain, especially Hillary's pain caused by Obama.)
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To: NRA1995

I like Dr. Laura very much, too. I think you hit on why Dr. Laura is free to be tougher than Dr. Phil is: radio hosts are playing to narrower audiences than TV hosts are.


47 posted on 01/09/2008 12:38:28 PM PST by utahagen
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To: Cyber Liberty

but we do NOT know whether the family asked him to do a show on them or not! that’s the whole point! We do not know what really happened — between agents, and publicists, and executives!


48 posted on 01/09/2008 12:43:57 PM PST by adopt4Christ (The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.)
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To: adopt4Christ
Dr. Phil could have refused to comment on whether there were any plans, but he chose to speak up. Sure, maybe her family was trying something and it blew up in their faces, but he should have disavowed any communications. Ethics for Doctors 101.

Do you think this is the first time in the entire world something like this has happened?

49 posted on 01/09/2008 12:47:40 PM PST by Cyber Liberty (Don't trust anyone who can’t take a joke. [Congressman BillyBob])
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To: KarlInOhio

This report was on Fox News TV


50 posted on 01/09/2008 12:48:56 PM PST by DBCJR (What would you expect?)
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To: DBCJR

His public comment that “Britney is in dire need of medical intervention” (or whatever he said after meeting her) was in violation of his professional code of ethics. I was shocked that he made that comment to the public. Somebody needs to do some license-yanking or at least slap some sort of ethics violation on him.


52 posted on 01/09/2008 1:25:18 PM PST by my_pointy_head_is_sharp
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To: Rutles4Ever

True, but Jamie Lynn has (albeit not a great one) a mom watching her back as best as a not-so-great mom can do. I don’t doubt she loves her kids, she’s just not a good mom. Brit’s whole life really plummeted when mom wasn’t around helping keep the plates spinning. Didn’t help that She actually shunned her mom for awhile.


53 posted on 01/09/2008 6:40:20 PM PST by Secret Agent Man
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To: rintense
He is a real psychologist but his Texas license has been "inactive/suspended" for years. He left the bounds of professional ethics far away and long ago.
54 posted on 01/09/2008 6:54:28 PM PST by hinckley buzzard
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To: Secret Agent Man

Then there is the whole issue of the quality of her love, what she is capable of due to operating out of her own deficit. This child was thrust into play acting at a young age, sexualized at pre-puberty, etc. That would sure mix things up when it comes to mature love for a child.


55 posted on 01/10/2008 11:28:16 AM PST by DBCJR (What would you expect?)
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To: hinckley buzzard

Dr, Jerry Springer now.


56 posted on 01/10/2008 11:29:16 AM PST by DBCJR (What would you expect?)
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