PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Goldman, Marcus J.
AU  - Gutheil, Thomas G.
TI  - The Misperceived Duty to Report Patients' Past Crimes
DP  - 1994 Sep 01
TA  - Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online
PG  - 407--410
VI  - 22
IP  - 3
4099  - http://jaapl.org/content/22/3/407.short
4100  - http://jaapl.org/content/22/3/407.full
SO  - J Am Acad Psychiatry Law1994 Sep 01; 22
AB  - 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.