[passionfruit3]

So I was really upset and I wrote to my psychiatrist if you or my other therapist really want to help me you can euthanize me I told her it wasn't a suicide threat and she said thanks for sharing with me if you feel like you need to go to the er My office will contact you. And I'm like okay.then next time I check my emails my new therapist is like thanks for letting me know now we have something to discuss Monday like I had been talking to her the thing is I don't care for this therapist she tried to get my mother turned into adult protective services she smiles like the Cheshire cat and is to Damn smart but I'm not switching cause its to complicated.
Anyway I talked to my other therapist this week about the whole forwarding email thing and that I was mad at my psychiatrist and she's like there's no secrets doctors Share.my best friend iS like what about confidentiality. I'm like I don't even be knowing

[Lauliza]

Are they in the same practice or hospital? If they are, there is no confidentiality and doctors can and do share. If they are in totally different practices then they need to get a release signed by you (or a legal guardian) to share info. Sometimes safety concerns supersede this. So if it was believed to be a real suicide threat, this rule may not apply.

Your entire medical/mental healthcare team shares your file information. They can only however discuss your health situations amongst themselves - unless you have given them permission or unless you are under the age of consent (at which point they can discuss your care with your parents/guardian).

For example, you have a personal medical file with your family doctor. This file will include correspondence from your therapists and psychiatrists regarding their care. Similarly they may have discussed your care looking for possible physical reasons for your mental ilness. Anytime you have an encounter with a healthcare professional there will be a record of this on your file.

Similarly, your file at your psychiatrists office will include correspondence from your therapist regarding your progress, diagnostic information, and ideas regarding a mental health plan even including medications. Your family doctor too will correspond with your psychiatrist about conversations had in their office that maybe critical to handling your mental health.

[AllHeart]

Not sure how it works in each state. But in my Midwest state, if the doctors are all within the same provider network they can share any info amongst each other without my consent. If they are not in the same network, a confidentiality release form must be signed by the client before sharing any info otherwise it is a breach of confidentiality.

[kecanoe]

Originally Posted by justafriend306

Your entire medical/mental healthcare team shares your file information. They can only however discuss your health situations amongst themselves - unless you have given them permission or unless you are under the age of consent (at which point they can discuss your care with your parents/guardian).

For example, you have a personal medical file with your family doctor. This file will include correspondence from your therapists and psychiatrists regarding their care. Similarly they may have discussed your care looking for possible physical reasons for your mental ilness. Anytime you have an encounter with a healthcare professional there will be a record of this on your file.

Similarly, your file at your psychiatrists office will include correspondence from your therapist regarding your progress, diagnostic information, and ideas regarding a mental health plan even including medications. Your family doctor too will correspond with your psychiatrist about conversations had in their office that maybe critical to handling your mental health.

This must vary by location, because I would have to sign a release in order for any of my t's to talk to each other and for any of them to talk to my pdoc. I have heard that providers in the same practice can share information, but I don't know that for sure. My family doctor does not have even the names of the providers I see. He knows that I am seeing others because I have told him that, and he knows what meds I take because I think those are important things for him to know. But there is no communication between them.

[amandalouise]

if you are a minor (under the age of 18) and seeing more than one mental health treatment providers they ....must....share information, have meetings to make sure both treatment providers are on the same page and not accidentally causing a situation where what one is doing with the minor is different than the other. in mental health terms this is called Continuity of Care. minors do not have to sign release of information forms. their parents or guardians are the ones that state whether treatment providers can talk to each other and work the case file together, usually parents do sign all the paperwork that gives treatment providers the permission to be in contact with the other treatment providers.

those that I know when a parent has refused a treatment provider access to the other treatment providers and the minors mental and physical health records is usually because the parent wants to hide abuse or other problems they dont want to be discovered. usually parents are very open to their under aged daughters or sons therapist being in contact with the psychiatrist, simply put if one doesnt know what the other is doing it can cause some down right dangerous to the child situations.

my suggestion is talk with your mother, let them know that you do not want your therapist talking with your psychiatrist. then if it is possible to not have continuity of care your mother might have to sign a special form saying she is not going to hold either of your treatment providers responsible if something harmful happens due to no one sharing information with the other.