Medical malpractice is not simply isolated to hospitals and doctor's offices. It can also occur in psychiatric standards.
Like other doctors, psychiatrists must uphold a certain standard in practice and care. However, certain psychiatrists fail to uphold these standards through careless or reckless care.
Some of the most common types of psychiatric malpractice inlcude failure to diagnose depression and failure to treat depression, in which the patients later commits suicide or hurts himself badly.
If you or anyone you know has been a victime of psychiatric malpractice, contact the Washington medical malpractice lawyers of Fuller & Fuller at 800-570-4878.