Tag Archives: avoiding liability as a mental health professional
Mental Illness and Treating Dangerous Patients
It seems that each time there is a mass shooting, followed by an outcry for gun control legislation (and improvements to school [...]
Advocacy – A Caution
Licensed mental health practitioners may sometimes act as advocates (sometimes unwittingly) for their patients (e.g., contesting [...]
No Surprises Act
The policy underlying the No Surprises Act (“NSA”) is to protect consumers from unanticipated and expensive bills for out-of-network [...]
Potpourri
Advocate – Health care practitioners do not typically think of themselves as advocates for their patients. They are treatment [...]
Conflicts
Mental health practitioners may encounter conflicts, or what is also referred to as “conflicts of interest,” during the course of [...]
CONFIDENTIALITY
Confidentiality is the cornerstone of psychotherapy and most patients expect it. Many patients, however, perhaps most, are not aware of [...]
CONFIDENTIALITY – Death of Patient
While thankfully not an everyday occurrence, it is not a rarity that a patient unexpectedly dies during the course of treatment or [...]
Conflicts – Treating Multiple Members of a Family
Many mental health practitioners treat more than one member of a family, either concurrently or consecutively. This occurs most [...]
FEES / COVID-19
Are there circumstances that may arise when a patient falls behind in the payment of fees for professional services rendered and the [...]
Covid-19 Return to In-Person
Practitioners have changed the way they practice as a result of the pandemic, which seems to be moderating, and once again, [...]
Confidentiality
What duty of confidentiality, if any, does a mental health practitioner have with respect to the use of the information gained during a [...]
DISCLOSURES TO PATIENTS AND OTHERS
When mental health practitioners commence professional relationships with patients, there is a requirement to provide or disclose [...]