In this case I can not imagine any reasonable circumstance that would justify what he has done. Obviously, they can refer her to mental health services without putting her on TV. The main kind of justification would be if the clip being circulated is some kind of "before" interview, then she went to treatment, became lucid and rational (and no longer delusional), and in her recovered state did a second interview with McGraw, agreeing to show the earlier interview so the public had a better understanding of what a serious mental disorder was like.
The reason this scenario does not seem reasonable to me is that it would mean that the show's producers are misleading the public between now and the airing of the show about her actual health status, which itself is ethically questionable. On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 1:50 PM Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 3:10 PM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > > The problem is, and I can not emphasize this enough, while McGraw is a > psychologist he is not licensed, and his show is specifically for > entertainment purposes only. He is legally prohibited from providing mental > health services. If he wanted to help, it would not be to put her on tv, > but to put her in touch with the (free) county mental health services that > are available. > > > I don't know where I got this information from, since I do not and never > will watch Dr Phil, but I believe his offer of help is a referral to a > licensed therapist. > > I have seen two articles about this show. The one that Steve linked and > the AV Club. Both draw their conclusions and condemn Phil based on the > short preview video on YouTube. Back when the best critics worked at > newspapers at least one would call Phil's production company and report on > how this interview came about and praise or condemn him after that with > more knowledge. Right now I don't know if this interview is a real path to > help or simple exploitation and the websites don't know either. > > -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
