A VICE investigation in May found that rape and assault survivors going through the legal system are being advised against discussing their attack during therapy. According to CPS guidelines, notes ...

Therapy notes are private reflections made by your therapist during sessions and are subject to strict privacy protections. Under HIPAA, patients do not have an automatic right to access these notes, ...

When patients receive services from mental health professionals (MHPs), they have a right to informed consent (Barsky, 2023). Informed consent includes the right to understand what kinds of records ...

In custody cases, mental health records are relevant but not fully discoverable. Courts typically protect psychotherapy notes due to their private nature and only allow limited disclosure with ...

The Health and Human Services (HHS) Web site (www.hhs.gov/ocr/hipaa) gives an excellent summary of the HIPAA requirements, one of which is having separate charts for ...