Privacy and Confidentiality in Mental Health Care

by Gates, John J.; Arons, Bernard S.

• ISBN13: 9781557664266
• ISBN10: 1557664269
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-11-01
• Publisher: Paul H Brookes Pub Co

Summary

Changes in health care management and technology are occuring at increasingly rapid rates, leading to valid concerns about the accessibility of private and confidential medical records. Leading authorities explore the complex issues related to the privacy of mental health information from legal, technological, and clinical perspectives, and analyze the implications for consumers, families, policy makers, researchers, insurance companies, and mental health care providers. If you're working in the mental health field in any capacity, this is a resource you simply cannot be without.

Table of Contents

About the Editors	p. vii
About the Contributors	p. ix
Foreword	p. xiii
Foreword	p. xvii
Acknowledgments	p. xxiii
Introduction	p. 1
Consumers' Perspective of Confidentiality and Health Records	p. 5
Families' Perspectives on Confidentiality in the Treatment of Mental Illness	p. 33
Privacy Issues in Child Mental Health Services	p. 47
Clinical Issues in Mental Health Care	p. 71
Legal and Ethical Issues in Protecting the Privacy of Behavioral Health Care Information	p. 91
Will Technology Help or Hurt in the Struggle for Health Privacy?	p. 127
Confidentiality and HIV/AIDS: Professional Challenges	p. 157
Confidentiality of Alcohol and Other Drug Patient Records	p. 173
The Importance of Privacy and Limits to Privacy	p. 193
State Mental Health Confidentiality Law Provisions	p. 219
Index	p. 233
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