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) |
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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