Pts Attempts Toward Therapist Victimization


As a former therapist who treated patients of most of the attorneys in a Southwestern state in the United States, it is commonplace for individuals, particularly those who lose a lawsuit in which they were involved, to stalk 1) not only their attorney but 2) their therapist(s) and others involved treating an alleged victim.

It can become dangerous if an alleged victim does not win his/her lawsuit and can become the antecedent for conduct disorder against anyone involved with him/her not winning a lawsuit or "network". There can be, bnt is not always, issues of blame that insight conduct disorder.

Reaching out to the FBI and local authorities regarding this issue has been commonplace, but never before did it involve ID'ing an individual.

What follows is empirical data bolstering this issue.

'Violence toward mental health staff has been receiving national attention in the face of diminishing resources to treat what appears to be an increasingly violent patient population. Assaults by psychiatric patients against mental health care providers are both a reality and a concern, as the effects of violence can be devastating to the victim. Some staff rationalize that violence is an occupational hazard and believe that they are equipped to cope with it. Despite these beliefs, these victims suffer from many of the same physical and psychological sequelae as victims of a natural disaster or street crime. This review of literature will examine several studies dealing with the precipitants of violence in the mental health setting, the patient populations more likely to become violent and the mental healthcare staff at the greatest risk of becoming their victims. It will also discuss possible methods of preventing such acts of violence and techniques for both staff and patients to cope with violent behavior.'


Anderson, A., & West, S. G. (2011). Violence against mental health professionals: when the treater becomes the victim. Innovations in clinical neuroscience, 8(3), 34.


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