PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - H. Berryman Edwards
TI  - Disability Guideline, Role Conflicts, and Treatment Records
DP  - 2009 Sep 01
TA  - Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online
PG  - 392--396
VI  - 37
IP  - 3
4099  - http://jaapl.org/content/37/3/392.short
4100  - http://jaapl.org/content/37/3/392.full
SO  - J Am Acad Psychiatry Law2009 Sep 01; 37
AB  - The AAPL Practice Guidelines for the Forensic Evaluation of Psychiatric Disability reminds treating psychiatrists as well as forensic examiners of the potential for role conflicts and of numerous factors related to handling of treatment records. This commentary suggests ways of more completely avoiding role conflicts, including those related to payment, and elaborates on implementation of requirements of the HIPAA Privacy Rules applicable to independent examination by third parties.