The Administrative Psychiatric Evaluation.
J enny is a postgraduate year 2 resident in psychiatry with satisfactory rotation evaluations in the middle range of her class, with no incidents. One day, she is asked why she decided to become a physician. She states that she had major depressive disorder as a teenager, and she decided to specialize in psychiatry to help teenagers with similar problems. Her response is relayed to hospital management. Can the hospital request that she undergo an administrative psychiatric evaluation? Program directors sometimes request that a resident undergo an administrative psychiatric evaluation to ensure patient safety. Still, what are the laws that apply to these requests? The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) prohibits an employer from requesting psychiatric information from, or requiring a psychiatric evaluation of, an employee unless there is a reasonable belief based on objective evidence that
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