Mental Health and the Law
BALTIMORE MENTAL HEALTH MALPRACTICE LAWYER
Receiving adequate mental care, meaning a medical provider needs to meet specific standards, is often critical in making sure that patients remain healthy. In many cases, receiving inadequate mental health care has the potential to result in very serious medical complications and can even prove fatal, tragically leading some to become victims of wrongful death. If you or a family member suffered harm or neglect from a mental health professional, the law office of Murphy Falcon & Murphy is here to help. Murphy Falcon & Murphy has over 75 years of legal experience holding negligent medical providers accountable. We understand that your claim may involve sensitive issues and will handle your case with compassion and professionalism.
What is Psychiatric Malpractice in Maryland?
Malpractice involves the failure to satisfy professionally accepted standards of care for patients who seek mental health treatment. When medical providers fail to meet this standard of care and a patient is harmed, malpractice is considered to have occurred. Deciding on mental health malpractice often involves very complicated issues.
Examples of mental health malpractice include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Abandoning or threatening to abandon the patient
- Disclosing confidential information about a patient, without his or her consent, in violation of HIPAA (the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) or similar regulations
- Failing to diagnose a patient, or misdiagnosing one condition as another
- Maintaining a sexual relationship with a patient
- Prescribing improper medications or dosages to a patient (for example, carelessly overprescribing a potentially dangerous medication)
- Subjecting a patient to sexual, physical, or verbal abuse, or threatening to abuse or hurt a patient
- Using unnecessary physical restraints on a patient
- Withholding, or threatening to withhold, a patient’s medication or other types of treatment
No matter the type of mental health malpractice that occurs, the results can be particularly severe. Some of the complications associated with these types of medical malpractice include deteriorating mental health and suicide attempts. A Baltimore mental health malpractice lawyer understands just how devastating these complications can be and will remain committed to fighting for the compensation that you deserve.
Obtain the Services of a Skilled Mental Health Malpractice Attorney
If you or a loved one has been impacted by any type of mental health medical malpractice, it is a wise idea to seek the assistance of a Baltimore mental health malpractice lawyer who can make sure that you obtain the compensation that you deserve for additional medical expenses, lost wages, and other associated costs. By contacting the Murphy Falcon & Murphy law firm you can begin to take the steps necessary to make sure that your case resolves in the best possible manner. Contact our law office today for assistance in navigating the many issues that can arise in your case.