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No suicide malpractice claim has justification in science, nor in law, nor in public policy.
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February
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- Response of Innocent Defendants to Malpractice Claims
- Vengeful Parents Sue MySpace After Daughter Has Se...
- Self-Injurious Pets Get Anti-Depressants
- Another Garbage Expert Claiming Garbage Science
- Anti-Depressants of Little Use
- Regulators Scapegoat ER for Homeless Man Suicide
- Debt is a Factor in Suicide
- Suicider Kills Family in Yorba Linda, CA
- Social Network Postings Subject to Discovery
- Suicidal Patients Must Have Access to Psychiatrist...
- No Increase in Suicide from Decreased Anti-Depress...
- Artist Hangs Self to be with her Aborted Twins
- Judge Posner on Irresponsible Expert
- Radio Interview of Plaintiff Family and Skippy
- Mass Murderer Suicider a Hamas Wannabe
- India: Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distres...
- Celebrity Advocacy of Long Term Treatment of Menta...
- Poor Communicators Get Sued - Good
- Leap from UN
- Review of Psychiatric Malpractice Cases
- Right to Die Without Terminal Somatic Illness
- Police Prevent Dozens of Suicides in Japan
- Another Suicider Takes a Life
- Choking Game
- Executive Shoots Self After Family Discord
- VA Chief: Suicide Rate Too High
- Lack of Faith a Factor for Suicide
- Expert Witness Loses License for Resume Falsity
- Suicide Attempts in the Military from Relationship...
- Bangalore Lawyer Attempts Suicide in the Court
- Duty to Google - Does It Rebut All Claims to Lack ...
- Collection of Suicide Notes
- Hand Wringing NYT Article on Suicide Has a Simple ...
- Jury Deliberation Causes Suicide
- Risk Factors Similar Around the World
- Suicide is Sometimes Good News
- In New Zealand, One in Six Harbors Thoughts of Sui...
- Rage May Be an Improper Motive in Litigation
- "Suicide Belt" in India Possibly from Provincial P...
- Bereavement After Suicide Increases Death Risk in ...
- Crazed, Dangerous FDA Idiots at It Again
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The Mission of Suicide Malpractice Blog
To end lawsuits for suicide because they contradict the modern, multi-factorial understanding of the causes of suicide, and indirectly hurt many unseen patients. The sole claim for suicide with merit involves assisting the suicide in violation of law.
This site is for defendants and defense lawyers in suicide malpractice suits, to improve defense expert testimony, perhaps to reduce losses in adverse settlements or verdicts.
These settlements and judgments devastate the practice of psychiatry. They cause the needless incarceration of thousands of suicidal patients without proof of benefit. The resulting defensive treatments consume a large fraction of the budget for wasteful treatment and starve proven preventive measures. These lawsuits are also morally wrong. They extort money from the party least influential in the many factors causing the suicide of the victim, the clinician trying to help. If they continue, the most suicidal and neediest patients will be avoided.
Explaining modern, multi-factorial understanding of the causes of suicide in plain language may result in more common sense judgments from jurors. The defendant may also prosecute, with licensing boards and in court, attorneys promulgating "junk science." The frivolous, malpractice lawsuit, because of profound, indirect impact on medical costs and life threatening errors, is another serious ethical lapse.
In systems closed to attorneys (e.g. the military), the rate of suicide may be cut by a large fraction reliably, quickly, at almost no additional expense.
About Me
- Suicide Malpractice
- A psychiatrist runs this site. It gives moral support to the civil defendant's determination to defend clinical care from vicious lawyer predators and their misleading expert collaborators.
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