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The misperceived duty to report patients' past crimes
1Program in Psychiatry, Massachusetts Mental Health Center, Harvard Medical School, Worcester.
The Bulletin of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
|January 1, 1994
Abstract:
A questionnaire survey revealed that a number of mental health professionals believed that they had a duty to report a hypothetical patient's past criminal act. The authors examine the legal context of this misperceived reporting duty and discuss its implications for training and practice.