Privacy, Confidentiality, and Autonomy in Psychotherapy

Abstract

I. Introduction II. The Concepts of Privacy and Confidentiality ... A. Background and Overview ... B. Privacy ... 1. Law ... 2. Economics ... 3. Anthropology ... 4. Philosophy ... 5. Psychology ... 6. Summary: Core Concepts of Privacy ... C. Confidentiality III. Privacy and Confidentiality in Law ... A. Constitutional Law ... B. Tort Law ... C. Privilege Law ... 1. In Re Lifschutz ... 2. Caesar v. Mountanos ... 3. Tarasoff v. Regents of the University of California IV. Privacy and Confidentiality in Psychotherapists\u27 Professional Ethics Codes ... A. Overview of Ethics Codes ... B. Form and Content of Confidential Information ... C. Occasions for Disclosure ... D. Consent and Notice of Limitations of Confidentiality ... E. Summary V. Privacy and Confidentiality in the Therapeutic Relationship ... A. Psychotherapy ... B. The Psychodynamics of Privacy and Confidentiality in Psychoanalysis VI. Conclusio