· 7/24/2015
William Price v. Carolyn Colvin
Citations
- 794 F.3d 836
- 2015 U.S. App. LEXIS 12875
- 2015 WL 4503198
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- recognizing that “psychiatric assessments normally are based primarily on what the patient tells the psychiatrist”
- explaining that the GAF scale is used to rate a person’s adjustment to psychological and daily living challenges, but the scale has been criticized for its subjectivity
- noting “psychiatric assessments normally are based primarily on what the patient tells the psychiatrist”
- “[P]sychiatric assessments normally are based primarily on what the patient tells the psychiatrist. . . .”
- “[P]sychiatric assessments normally are based primarily on what the patient tells the psychiatrist . . . .”
- “[the treating doctor’s] professional training and experience would have taught him how to discount exaggerated statements by his patients.”
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Judges: Posner, Sykes, Hamilton
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