Psychotherapist-Patient Privilege under Federal Rule of Evidence 501

It's been a privilege: advising patients of the Tarasoff duty and its legal consequences for the federal psychotherapist-patient privilege.

State laws modeled on Tarasoff v. Regents of the University of California require psychotherapists to warn potential victims or law enforcement when treating dangerous patients who make serious threats of harm to another person. In practice, many psychotherapists advise their patients who make such threats about their duty under these Tarasoff-model laws. Although they are not required to make ...

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The privilege study: an empirical examination of the psychotherapist-patient privilege.

The psychotherapist-patient privilege: a therapeutic jurisprudence view.

Constitutional law--right of privacy--evidence law of privileges--the patient-litigant exception to the psychotherapist-patient privilege.