RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Disability Guideline, Role Conflicts, and Treatment Records
JF Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online
JO J Am Acad Psychiatry Law
FD American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
SP 392
OP 396
VO 37
IS 3
A1 H. Berryman Edwards
YR 2009
UL http://jaapl.org/content/37/3/392.abstract
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.