Comment by petulanta

I should hope this comes as no surprise to anyone. Every single psychiatrist I've ever visited had the same policy, only their lock was medicine rather than a door (outpatient vs inpatient). I feel bad for the lady because she didn't know any better and joked about suicide, but shouldn't it be common sense you don't tell anyone about that--you don't even joke about it--especially to a doctor with the power to commit you? I'm pretty sure you can't have decent therapy if you're not truthful with your therapist, but that's the catch-22 of needing mental help in America. Fucked if you don't seek it out and really fucked if you do.