Confidentiality with Minors: Mental Health Counselors' Attitudes toward Breaching or Preserving Confidentiality.

Isaacs, Madelyn L.; Stone, Carolyn

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ERIC Number: EJ634427

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 2001

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Confidentiality with Minors: Mental Health Counselors' Attitudes toward Breaching or Preserving Confidentiality.

Isaacs, Madelyn L.; Stone, Carolyn

Journal of Mental Health Counseling, v23 n4 p342-56 Oct 2001

Describes the results of research that explored how mental health counselors consider the confidentiality of minors and conditions under which they would breach it. Results indicate that mental health counselors are protective of their minor clients' confidentiality rights with variation based on degree of seriousness and age of the client. (Contains 28 references and 4 tables.) (GCP)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Client Characteristics (Human Services), Confidentiality, Counselor Attitudes, Counselor Role

Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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