We are pleased to present these mental health information links for fellow mental health professional and consumers.

To find out more about HIPAA regulations and compliance,
psychiatrists may go to www.nyspsych.org
and psychologists may go to www.apa.org

the Federal Psychotherapist-Patient privilege page
(on the importance of Jaffee-Redmond Supreme Court decision in the maintaining confidentiality in the psychotherapist-patient relationship -- maintained by one of our members, Paul Mosher, M.D.)

Public Information from the American Psychoanalytic Association

The following three links are selected from Mental Health Information - Vol. 3 Issue 46 distributed by HE@LTH (athealth.com). The listing of these links do not represent our endorsement of the views and philosophy of HE@LTH but we think that the information is helpful and relevant to our field.

A REPORT OF THE SURGEON GENERAL

PBS ONLINE NEWSHOUR: LIVING WITH MENTAL ILLNESS
a PBS discussion about the Report of the Surgeon General

AMERICAN COUNSELING ASSOCIATION (ACA)
an article discussing how the media help perpetuate the stigma of mental illnes

you can also check out our WWW links