Awhile ago I was apprehended by police for suicidal thoughts and taken to hospital for observation. I didn’t have any criminal convictions or outstanding warrants on file but I had a Police record from 2008 for “assault” that was actually a matter of self-defence where I was never officially charged or convicted. I managed to overhear a psychiatric nurse talk to the psychiatrist about the incident in the most vague way possible. Something to the affect of “it looks like there was a violent incident in 2008 involving a weapon”, and that was that. Now, without knowing the details, it would be easy to get the wrong impression and wrongly assume I’m a violent/aggressive person. I’m actually extremely irritated that the policeman passed on non-conviction information to a psychiatrist and slandered my name like that.

I also find it extremely alarming that people can say anything behind your back to a psychiatrist and there’s no way of being informed of the accusations against you while in their custody and therefore no way of contesting it. Not just criminal matters but behavioural accusations that may not be true either.

Edit: Why the down vote? It’s a legitimate question and concern.