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Originally Posted by nicole84
I live in Australia too and have a longgg history of mental illnesses. Various doctors, psychs. They aren't allowed to access files, I've even talked about getting into the health profession and have been assured that they can't. I'm sure some places do, but it's illegal.
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Joanne,
The question you are asking is per jurisdiction. I am glad you got Nicole's answer because Nicole IS in Australia. It would be bizarre for a country such as Australia to make job qualifications dependent on a mental health diagnosis.
By contrast, in the Soviet Union it used to be the case that certain professions were out of reach of people with mental health diagnoses and the government had broad access to records.
In most modern countries built on the western model you would be assured confidentiality of records; I am glad that Australia is no exception.