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Panel explains confidentiality limits: child-abuse reporting and duty to warn
Summary
On-air attorneys explained that communications with psychiatrists or psychologists are generally privileged, but Montana law requires reporting of child abuse and there are limited duties to warn third parties under cases like Tarasoff.
Missoula — During the Dial-A-Lawyer broadcast, panelists explained that communications with mental-health professionals are generally confidential but that Montana law mandates reporting when a child is the victim of abuse, and that clinicians may have a duty to warn in narrow circumstances.
A caller asked whether psychiatrists or psychologists are “obligated…
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