Published on 12, July, 2020
... just reading through a SARS release of my MH records..
Anyone else done this?
The degree to which they have failed to understand or recognise an Aspie, when she is right in front of them is staggering in 2019,. I have to forgive the ignorance regardless But in the absence of understanding the readiness to blame and misdiagnosed me and then hide that from me, is really quite unforgivable.
So much hidden under guise of "therapeutic privelege" . Dear God! No wonder that never went well!
I can never trust them again. But, I will fight for something better for others.
Goverment ***'s right and I read through a bit of mine when I got the paper work back with my Autistic assessment said I was like 85% out of a 100 ASD mild depression but high levels of anxiety or something high IQ at above and beyond 110. And something ellse haven't looked it in a while though as my my mum keeps all my medical records.
You can write direct to the data protection officer for mental health services and ask for a copy of all your records. It might bring up a few angry feeling but it will allow you to see inside their heads and grasp just what they don't get and misinterpreting. You might ultimately find that empowering in your dealings with them as you them be able to talk direct to the errors in their thinking.
Trust me I know they don't get much it's partly why I don't bother. Don't get me wrong I have my records and was lucky enough to get them but even I thought they clueless. For example they said has an IQ of above 120 with out even running an IQ test like how does one even get a result if you don't test it accurately. When I talk to a councillor of a therapist I feel like I'm talking to a gold fish with a blanker exspresion on its face then there is on my blank expressionless autistic face.
You probably have a dept called PALS in your local NHS. They can help.
Otherwise, just write to the Data Protection officer at community mental health saying you want a copy of all their records whether paper based or electronic, anything from A&E, psychiatric out patients or the crisis team.
Be aware they must legally react third party information, but there shouldn't be much of that. They might react anything which "could cause you harm", in other words they can hide anything they think might upset you. If you are keen to read that whatever it says, I'd include a line stating you don't want anything withheld for that reason and you just want the truth for your own well being.