Why would a treating psychiatrist of a five-year-old girl choose not to contact a doctor that interviewed the child and believed the child? These are his actual notes taken 10 days after the Rottschafer report was submitted to the court:
Progress note
Therapist: theodore a. Allchin, m.D.
Date: thursday, february 13,1992
Patient: xxxxxxxx xxxxxxx
Ms. XXXXXXX as well as the children's guardian at lidum noted recent events which included XX accusing Mrs. XXXXXXX of sexually abusing the children with a male friend. Mrs. XXXXXXX denies these allegations. A recent court order reinstating the children with Mrs. XXXXXXX.
Today, XXXX acknowledged that she had been back and forth between her parents. When I attempted to discuss with her any of the sexual abuse allegations she told me that she had forgotten what they were about, became agitated and did not wish to discuss them further.in particular, her play around this time revolved in a rather obsessive manner about putting blocks in certain order in a certain fashion.
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