Tag Archives: reporting child abuse as a mental health professional
Minors and Consensual Sexual Intercourse
During the course of one’s practice, it may become known that your minor patient, or a patient’s child, has engaged in consensual [...]
Think About This – Child Abuse?
...A parent smokes marijuana (one time) in front of her 17 year-old daughter and tells her therapist about this. Is a child abuse [...]
Child Abuse Report Required or Permitted?
… A parent smokes marijuana (one time) in front of her 17-year old daughter and tells her therapist about this. Is a child abuse report [...]
Child Abuse Reporting 4
… Are you required to report child abuse if your patient tells you of the abuse and that it has already been reported? The answer to [...]
Child Abuse Reporting 5
… Each state has a child abuse reporting law where licensed mental health practitioners and others are required to report known or [...]
Child Abuse Reporting – An Exception?
… In an interesting case in California, an appeals court has ruled that a defense attorney in a juvenile court matter may hire his or [...]
Child Abuse Reporting – A Dilemma Fully Explored
… While I have written about this topic recently, I was asked to comment on the topic again – that is, the situation where a registered [...]
Confidentiality and Child Abuse Reporting
The duty to report child abuse is one of the exceptions to the practitioner’s legal and ethical duty of confidentiality. Many [...]
Child Neglect / Endangerment
This topic came to mind as the result of three recent news stories from three different states. My immediate thought upon learning of [...]