shortfatbalduglyman wrote:
Dyadic
In my diagnosis, 2003 San Diego, nobody had to write a letter
Only the psychiatrist and I were involved
That might depend on the year, location, or provider
You could ask over the phone about witnesses required for diagnosis
Plenty of people are in your situation
The original posters profile says, England. The protocol is different over there
Besides often relatives are biased, dead, mentally ill, in jail, in bad health, out of contact
Fair point about the profile being from England, and surely you must be right in the sense that one cannot be barred from proper examination simply by unfortunate familial circumstances. I will still likely worry about it!
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