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Mental Health Information

Tobin S.

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3. Yeah, but it doesn't seem like they could legally disclose a diagnosis.

Reply to HereSince1628 (Reply #2)

Fri Dec 25, 2015, 01:17 PM

Dec 2015

They could say a person received treatment without saying that he or she had whatever illness and without disclosing details of the treatment. Sometimes people who see psychologists aren't mentally ill.

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I thought that information could only be legally disclosed Tobin S. Dec 2015 #1

yes, so do many of us... HereSince1628 Dec 2015 #2

Yeah, but it doesn't seem like they could legally disclose a diagnosis. Tobin S. Dec 2015 #3

Considering the discrimination against people with mental disorders, we would hope so. HereSince1628 Dec 2015 #4