Psychiatrist sheltered escaped patient in home, tribunal hears
The Sydney-based doctor refused to co-operate with police because she didn't believe the patient was mentally ill
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A psychiatrist who harboured an escaped involuntary inpatient believed the person should not have been scheduled and needed “support not pills”, a tribunal has heard.
The patient was first diagnosed with schizophrenia in the 1970s and was involuntarily prescribed aripiprazole under a Community Treatment Order in 2016, according to the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal.