Confidentiality and Mental Health
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Confidentiality and Mental Health

  1. 208 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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Confidentiality and Mental Health

About this book

Confidentiality and Mental Health explores the theoretical and practical implications of confidentiality and disclosure for professionals working with people who have mental health problems. The contributors outline the theoretical, ethical, legal and professional issues which underpin decisions about confidentiality. They draw from their practical experience of a range of professional contexts including adolescent forensic psychiatry, criminal law, secure forensic psychiatry, child protection, community psychiatry, psychoanalysis, psychotherapy, social work and nursing.

People experiencing mental health problems may need to be able to present and explore deeply disturbing thoughts and actions in a safe therapeutic environment. Professionals may feel caught between individual service users' interests and those of the general public. These tensions can be magnified by the current emphasis on client empowerment and professional accountability, and increased demands for public information and public safety.

This comprehensive and topical volume will enable professionals, academics and policy makers to meet both the needs of clients and the demands of society through a responsible and thoughtful understanding of the significance of confidentiality and disclosure.

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Table of contents

  1. Confidentiality and Mental Health
  2. Contents
  3. The Paradoxes of Confidentiality A Philosophical Introduction
  4. 1 Confidentiality and Contemporary Practice
  5. 2 The Doctorā€“Patient Consultation and Disclosure
  6. 3 Confidentiality in Community Psychiatry
  7. 4 Confidentiality and Young People Myths and Realities
  8. 5 Confidentiality and Child Protection
  9. 6 Confidentiality in Dual Responsibility Settings
  10. 7 The Misapplication of ā€˜Reasonable Mindednessā€™ Is Psychoanalysis Possible with the Present Reporting Laws in the USA and UK?
  11. 8 The Myth of Confidentiality A Social Work View
  12. 9 The Limits of Confidentiality in Healthcare
  13. 10 Confidentiality A Legal View
  14. 11 The Limits of Confidentiality A Legal View
  15. 12 Confidentiality and Research in Mental Health
  16. 13 Themes of Confidentiality in Clinical Practice
  17. The Contributors
  18. APPENDIX I Confidentiality: Protecting and Providing Information
  19. Subject Index
  20. Author Index