Sweeny79 said:

WTF?

psychodelicide said:

WTF x 2 aww hell nah

damn I am more qualified to see Britney than he is

RodeoSchro said:[quote]The experts agree with RodeoSchro, although I doubt any of them intend to punch out Dr. Phil, as I do:





this made me laugh.....

I love how he said he'd been working with Britney's family for a long, long time behind the scenes--longer than we could imagine.

I guess he can't solve everything in an hour?

NDRU said:

If he is speaking the truth, that is even more justification for me to punch him out. Not only has he not cured Britney, but he probably made her worse.

He will need new teeth soon.

statuesqque said:

How does a man who studied psychology but does not have a license manage to get his own talk show every week day? I think Oprah Winfrey had something to do with it, since Dr. Phil used to be on her show as a guest. I guess the saying, "It's all in who you know" is true.

butterfli25 said:

You are.

My nickname for Dr. Phil is "Dr. Pill".

Rhondab said:

It was kind of obvious, when he kept making comments about her and about being available to help her, where he was trying to take it.

A bit slimy to me.

psychodelicide said:

She did and it does (most of the time)

statuesqque said:

Sad but true.

"Dr." Phil is going down. I anticipate needing no more than one punch to deliver Spears Family Justice.

since's he's not licensed there are no confidentiality or HIPAA restrictions. He can say what he wants, he's bound by nothing but common decency, which it appears he has very little of. I bet he scrapped the show because his lawyers were like "um they may be able to sue you, we need more time to figure out the grounds"

butterfli25 said:

Or more likely, his lawyers said, "RodeoSchro is going to punch you out for being a douchebag. You'd better go into hiding for awhile".

RodeoSchro said:

psychodelicide said:

co-

butterfli25 said:

He was wrong, they should SUE him!!

The good "doctor's" lack of a license explains why he's such a jackass to most of the slack-jawed yokels he "counsels"..no fear of official sanction...

If I was a computer whiz/geek, I'd find a way to develop a hybrid version of Mike Tyson's Punchout with Dr. Phil as one of the opponents.... Say what you want about that poor child of Kentwood (my nickname for my fellow Louisianian), at least she had the presence of mind to send Phil on his way empty handed....

reneGade20 said:

yeah I sure he got a firm" get the phuck away from me" from brit

Oh shit, he's not a real doctor?!
Does that mean that anyone he might've "helped" on his show is now fucked?
[Edited 1/10/08 14:38pm]

no he's not


i can't stand him either with his dumb accent and dumb ideas

can't believe they air that crap here

DigMeNow said:

Funny Shyt Dig lol

From the NY Times:

Do the Rules Apply to Dr. Phil?
Most doctors and therapists won’t disclose the names of their patients, let alone comment on their mental states. Federal and state licensing rules typically forbid it.

Dr. Phil (Matt Sayles/Associated Press)But TV therapist Phil McGraw, who recently visited frazzled pop star Britney Spears at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, not only confirmed the meeting to Entertainment Tonight, but said the diva was “in dire need of medical and psychological intervention.” Now the Internet is buzzing with questions about whether Dr. Phil, as he is known, violated Ms. Spears’s privacy.
But patient privacy guidelines are decided by state licensing boards and federal rules, experts said today, and none of these appears to apply to Dr. McGraw.
State medical ethics rules are not applicable, according to legal specialists, because Dr. McGraw is not a licensed therapist. He holds a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from North Texas State University and was licensed for 20 years in Texas, according to a spokeswoman at CBS, which airs his show. But he is no longer licensed in Texas, nor in California, where he now lives.
At the national level, the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, known as HIPAA, also restricts doctors, therapists and health care workers from disclosing patients’ medical information. Yet the act governs only providers who use electronic billing, says Kirk J. Nahra, head of the privacy practice at law firm Wiley Rein in Washington, D.C.
“If he never bills anybody for counseling services, he very well may not be covered by HIPAA,” said Mr. Nahra. “Depending on his licensing, he may not have professional ethical obligations, either.”
Finally, Ms. Spears isn’t Dr. McGraw’s patient, according to his spokeswoman.
“He did not go to counsel her, but rather as a private citizen,'’ Theresa Corigliano, vice president of communications at CBS Corp., wrote in an e-mail message. Despite his statement to Entertainment Tonight, Ms. Corigliano added, “He has never spoken publicly about what happened in that hospital room, and will not.”
A few bloggers have also questioned whether Cedars-Sinai violated HIPAA by allowing Ms. Spears’s parents to invite Dr. Phil to her room.
A Cedars-Sinai spokeswoman said the hospital had no comment on the matter. Ms. Corigliano said the visit was handled “by the book” by Cedars-Sinai employees, volunteers and security.
“He and the family hoped that he would have some quiet time to talk to Ms. Spears about seeking reliable medical and psychological assistance,'’ she said. “He was escorted to her room by family members, and she greeted him. There was no drama of any kind.'’
Dr. Jeffrey Sugar, chief of child and adolescent psychiatry, crisis and emergency service at the University of Southern California, told The Associated Press that even though Ms. Spears’s parents invited Dr. McGraw, the pop star, 26, is an adult and has the right to decide whom she lets into her hospital room.
A spokeswoman for the Spears family told NBC’s “Today” show the star’s parents had asked Dr. McGraw to visit her in a hospital last week, but that he violated their trust by talking about it.
Mr. Nahra notes that though many workers aren’t bound by federal or state ethics rules on privacy, most are nonetheless reluctant to disclose personal medical information about others.
“There are lots of people who don’t have to follow those rules who still don’t talk about the health care status of people,” said Mr. Nahra. “I can’t put myself in either Britney’s or his shoes. It’s a whole different world. There’s an element of publicity that’s not involved when you visit your family physician.”


http://well.blogs.nytimes...o-dr-phil/

http://tv.msn.com/tv/arti...0>1=7703

now he's in trouble

butterfli25 said:

Don't worry, I get the first punch. All the state psychiatry boards will be thanking me.

butterfli25 said:

Oh, you know that all those couples from his Relatiobship Rescue episodes are now gonna sue him for counseling 'em under false pretenses.

Have you ever noticed that Dr. Phil speaks with a lisp? Every time he says a word with the letter "s" in it, it sounds like he has a mouthful of spit.