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Psychiatrist
Role in SA claims
Medical doctor specialising in mental illness — can diagnose, prescribe, and admit.
Claim note: Can diagnose, prescribe, and admit — insurer may accept psychiatric diagnosis while disputing cognitive endurance, client-facing pressure, or travel tolerance.
- Certificate: major depressive disorder accepted — insurer disputed inability to run weekly client workshops.
- Psychiatrist noted concentration limits — employer record showed attendance without linking to material duties.
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Related conditions in Clinical Atlas
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Use in claim intake
Select this role on a diagnosis row in claim intake → Medical record layer. Pair with a treating practitioner from the HPCSA search or your workspace health story.