Balancing patient care and confidentiality: considerations in obtaining collateral information

Megan L Petrik1, Melodi Billera, Yuliya Kaplan

  • 1PETRIK: Psychology Postdoctoral Fellow at the Rocky Mountain Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Center (MIRECC), Denver VA Medical Center, Denver, and Instructor in the Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO BILLERA: Clinical/Research Social Worker at the Rocky Mountain MIRECC, Denver VA, and Adjunct Professor at the University of Denver Graduate School of Social Work, Denver KAPLAN: Clinical Research Assistant at the Rocky Mountain MIRECC, Denver VA Medical Center, Denver MATARAZZO: Co-Director of the Rocky Mountain MIRECC Suicide Consultation Service, Rocky Mountain MIRECC, Denver VA, and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of Colorado, Aurora WORTZEL: Michael K. Cooper Professor of Neurocognitive Disease, Director of Neuropsychiatry, an Associate Professor in Psychiatry, Neurology, and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and Faculty for the Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship at the University of Colorado, Aurora. He is Director of Neuropsychiatric Services for the Rocky Mountain MIRECC at the Denver VA, Denver, CO.

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