Abstract
When considering clinician safety, the threatening and/or assaultive patient quickly comes to mind. The authors discuss the ethical and legal dilemmas in a different type of situation resting on the boundary of confidentiality. In this case, a patient convincingly admits, during a therapy session, to having committed a serious crime and subsequently threatens the psychotherapist in an effort to enforce the therapist's silence about that crime.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 235-244 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Journal of Psychiatry and Law |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 1 1994 |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Psychiatry and Mental health
- Law
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Leong, G. B., Eth, S., & Silva, J. A. (1994). Silence or death: The limits of confidentiality when a psychotherapist is threatened by the patient. Journal of Psychiatry and Law, 22(2), 235-244. https://doi.org/10.1177/009318539402200202