Psychological Information: Protecting the Right to Privacy: A Guidebook for Mental Health Practitioners and Their Clients

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"The right to privacy and confidentiality between mental health practitioners and their clients is now under attack from business and both federal and state governments." "What are your Constitutional rights? How can you protect yourself from crippling lawsuits? Who possesses the right to confidentiality and privileged communications? And how do you build a supportive relationship with your clients that will reclaim the right of privacy?" "These important questions and many more are answered in Psychological Information - Protecting the Right to Privacy, an important guidebook created by an expert in both psychology and the law. It is essential reading for psychologists, social workers, mental health counselors, marriage and family therapists, psychiatrists - every professional privy to another person's mental condition." "In the face of mounting government and business incursions into client privacy, Dr. Woody presents chapter after chapter of practical, working guidelines on handling demands for information and minimizing the risk of legal actions." You'll discover the methods government can use to attack confidentiality, how HMO's and other business interests are threatening individual rights, how to create records and reports that can protect you from liability, how to build a supportive relationship with clients, and a discussion of key state and federal court decisions affecting privacy.

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