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Hello All,
This is a very personal topic for me but I could not find answers on the web. I am currently being treated for depression, and I recently had an incident in which I placed under a 5150 hold. This happened because a family member was mad at me and alerted my doctors as to something that I said, however completely twisting my words to make it seem that I was going to harm someone else, even though I had absolutely no intention of doing so. The said family member felt incredibly regretful afterward because he had no idea as to the consequences, but I could not call him out officially (ie say he lied about what he told the doctors of what I said) because it would greatly damage his career.
I am currently preparing my application for med school and hope to apply within the next few years, and have a pretty strong application, but I am worried that the 5150 hold will appear on my record and will be discovered when the med schools perform a background check. If that is the case obviously it would be a huge red flag for them. I am currently trying to take care of my mental health as best I can, and I feel confident that I can be a successful and empathetic physician in the future. I want to be a psychiatrist so that I can help others like me. Does anyone know if med schools will have access to my medical records when I apply? I am worried because being a psychiatrist is my dream!
This is a very personal topic for me but I could not find answers on the web. I am currently being treated for depression, and I recently had an incident in which I placed under a 5150 hold. This happened because a family member was mad at me and alerted my doctors as to something that I said, however completely twisting my words to make it seem that I was going to harm someone else, even though I had absolutely no intention of doing so. The said family member felt incredibly regretful afterward because he had no idea as to the consequences, but I could not call him out officially (ie say he lied about what he told the doctors of what I said) because it would greatly damage his career.
I am currently preparing my application for med school and hope to apply within the next few years, and have a pretty strong application, but I am worried that the 5150 hold will appear on my record and will be discovered when the med schools perform a background check. If that is the case obviously it would be a huge red flag for them. I am currently trying to take care of my mental health as best I can, and I feel confident that I can be a successful and empathetic physician in the future. I want to be a psychiatrist so that I can help others like me. Does anyone know if med schools will have access to my medical records when I apply? I am worried because being a psychiatrist is my dream!
