re: Remember that girl in Mass. that was taken from her parents by the state?

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Again, like I mentioned in an earlier post, if a dr suspects child abuse/maltreatment of some kind

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You are being very loose in your language. Maltreatment is not equivalent to accepting a diagnosis...especially when the patient has received a different diagnosis from a qualified respected physician.

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A few days later, state workers gave the Pelletiers a “service plan” that spelled out in writing what they would need to do to for the agency to consider returning Justina to their custody. Although the parents continued to reject Children’s doctors’ new psychiatric diagnosis for their daughter, the service plan made it clear that they would have to change if they wanted her back. “Parents must acknowledge and demonstrate an understanding of Justina’s medical and psychiatric needs as well as her emotional needs,” the document stipulated, “including an understanding of her diagnosis of somatoform disorder.”

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It really seems like the state is indicating that the "abuse" is simply a rejection of the diagnosis. That seems to be the terms for returning the child back to the parents' custody.