As I mentioned recently, acquaintances of mine who are patients have told me they believe their shrinks got into the profession because their own mental problems intrigued them about the field. This show my circle of acquaintances, but sounds true, doesn’t it?
Last year the small parade of shrinks with picket signs telling the Cabinet to walk in and remove the President under the 25th Amendment showed them at their worst. Some take falsified Medicare case payoffs and some take advantage of women sexually. A signifcant number commit suicide. When they proclaim an alleged “diagnosis” without ever having seen and interviewed and questioned the “patient”-—it is malpractice. Their data was all from the biased leftist news media. Some data.
Note: I hate Google but here is a search with MANY such cases: psychiatrist convicted of fondling patients.
also this search: Can a Person With a Felony Become a Licensed Counselor? | Chron ...
https://work.chron.com › Career Advice › Getting Ahead at Work
Jun 27, 2018 - Having a felony conviction can make it more difficult to get a counseling license, but a criminal history isn’t an absolute bar to a mental health ...
You are absolutely correct. I was an elected county commissioner for almost two decades in a populous northern state. During my years-long stint on an oversight committee I reviewed many, many resumes of applicants for psychiatry jobs at the large county prison and also the county hospital/convalescent home complex.
The resumes showed that an extremely high percentage of applicants had been in some kind of psychiatric/psychological treatment earlier in their lives.
The rest probably were lying about it, LOL..... and I'm only partially joking.
Leni