Underprivileged Communications: Extension of the Psychotherapist-Patient Privilege to Patients of Psychiatric Social Workers

Underprivileged communications: extension of the psychotherapist-patient privilege to patients of psychiatric social workers.

New York's immediate need for a psychotherapist-patient privilege encompassing psychiatrists, psychologists, and social workers.

Accused of strangling his girlfriend Gloria to death, Robert Wilkins testified at trial that his girlfriend had attacked him first, causing him to suffer visible slashes on his left wrist and on his abdomen. Attempting to contradict Wilkins’s allegations, the People sought to introduce the testimony of Dr. K.C. Sharma, a licensed psychologist, to reveal that Wilkins admitted to Dr. Sharma that ...

The privilege study: an empirical examination of the psychotherapist-patient privilege.

Psychotherapist-patient testimonial privilege: a picture of misguided hope.

It's been a privilege: advising patients of the Tarasoff duty and its legal consequences for the federal psychotherapist-patient privilege.

State laws modeled on Tarasoff v. Regents of the University of California require psychotherapists to warn potential victims or law enforcement when treating dangerous patients who make serious threats of harm to another person. In practice, many psychotherapists advise their patients who make such threats about their duty under these Tarasoff-model laws. Although they are not required to make ...