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Patient 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, 2017Cyber Liability: Laptop Theft and Other PHI Breach Risks
Published November 22, 2017 Cyber risk: we've all heard about it. It's making headlines nationwide with large companies such as...
CPH Insurance November 22, 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, 2017Telehealth / Teletherapy Practice in California: Resource Links Provided by CAMFT
Published October 25, 2017* There's a cultural shift in the way mental health professionals are practicing now. As opposed to the...
CPH Insurance October 25, 2017