Tag Archives: tarasoff duty
Mental Illness, Guns and Dangerous Patients
It seems that every time there is a mass shooting event, followed by an outcry for gun control legislation (and school safety), there [...]
Dangerous Patients and the “Tarasoff Duty”
… Wow - what a problem exists in California! Therapists are in somewhat of a precarious situation for a number of reasons related to a) [...]
Dangerous Patients and the Therapist’s Duty
… In a previous issue of the Avoiding Liability Bulletin, under the heading of Dangerous Patients and the “Tarasoff Duty”(April 2005, [...]
The Dangerous Patient
... The topic of dangerous patient bears revisiting from time to time, both because there are new readers and because the topic is [...]
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 [...]