medical mental-health
Negligence of psychiatrist
<p>What percentage of patients who attempted to sue their psychiatrist for negligence have succeeded?  </p>

<p>It's hard to find "negligence" stats rather than medical malpractice stats, and harder to find stats specific to psychiatry, but this is what I found.</p>

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<li><p>"Physicians win 80% to 90% of the jury trials with weak evidence of medical negligence, approximately 70% of the borderline cases, and even 50% of the trials in cases with strong evidence of medical negligence."<sup>1</sup></p></li>
<li><p>"The chances of a patient winning a medical malpractice lawsuit against a doctor in Canada are slim [...] From 2005 to 2010, only 4,524 lawsuits were filed against Canadian doctors. During that five-year period, 3,089 claims were dismissed or abandoned [...] out of 521 cases that went to trial, only 116 led to a judgment that favoured the patient. [...] Of more than 4,000 lawsuits filed against doctors from 2005 to 2010, only 2 per cent resulted in trial verdicts for the victim."<sup>2</sup></p></li>
<li><p>2.6% of psychiatrists annually had a malpractice claim made against them. <sup>3</sup></p>

<p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/EA6zi.jpg" width="400" /></p></li>
<li><p>"Most payouts are due to settlements, not judgments. Ninety three percent of payouts made in 2012 were the result of a settlement. Only five percent were due to judgments, ..."<sup>4</sup></p></li>
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<h3>References</h3>

<p><sup>1. Peters, P. G. (2009). <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007%2Fs11999-008-0631-7" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Twenty Years of Evidence on the Outcomes of Malpractice Claims. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research</a>, 467(2), 352–357.
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<p><sup>2. Taylor, P. (2013). <a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health-and-fitness/health-navigator/patients-odds-of-winning-medical-malpractice-suits-in-canada-arent-good-says-new-book/article10812604/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Patients’ odds of winning medical malpractice suits in Canada aren’t good, says new book</a>. The Globe and Mail.
Published Friday, Apr. 05, 2013</sup></p>

<p><sup>3. Jena, A. B., Seabury, S., Lakdawalla, D., &amp; Chandra, A. (2011). Malpractice Risk According to Physician Specialty. The New England Journal of Medicine, 365(7), 629–636. <a href="http://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMsa1012370" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMsa1012370</a></sup></p>

<p><sup>4. Westgate, A. (2013). <a href="http://www.physicianspractice.com/blog/ten-notable-physician-related-malpractice-statistics" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Ten Notable Physician-related Malpractice Statistics</a>. Physicians Practice.</sup></p>
