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Mandatory Reporting, Confidentiality When Communicating With Other Health Care Professionals and Access to Records vs. Subpoena for Records
Avoiding Liability Bulletin - March 2018 MANDATORY REPORTING – DIFFERENT KINDS Most licensed mental health practitioners are aware of their...
Richard Leslie March 1, 2018Patient Suicide and Death by Rational End-Of-Life Decision
Avoiding Liability Bulletin – February 2018 While a patient’s suicide and a patient’s rational and legally supportable decision to end...
Richard Leslie February 1, 2018Contact with Patients Between Sessions Curtailed in California: A Dangerous Precedent
Avoiding Liability Bulletin - January 2018 At the beginning of the professional relationship between psychotherapist and patient it is important...
Richard Leslie January 2, 2018Patient Access to Treatment Records
Avoiding Liability Bulletin - December 2017 While mental health treatment records are owned by the practitioner (assuming a private practitioner/sole...
Richard Leslie December 1, 2017Privilege and Confidentiality – A Deeper Look
Avoiding Liability Bulletin - November 2017 In the September 2017 issue of this Avoiding Liability Bulletin, I raised several questions...
Richard Leslie November 1, 2017Treatment of Children – Joint Legal Custody
Avoiding Liability Bulletin - October 2017 In the September 2017 issue of this Avoiding Liability Bulletin, I raised a number...
Richard Leslie October 1, 2017