Chapter 9: “Restoring Sane Thoughts”. Excerpt from feature documentary: Addiction, Recovery and Yoga at www.adyo.org
what will happen? I am 18 but can my therapist violate the patient confidentiality agreement if i tell her i do drugs? Lots of them? I know she can’t tell my parents anything but what can she do? I know she won’t report me to the police or whatever but could she claim i’m a [...]
I’ve been depresses since about a month or so before school started. I had all the symptoms – an empty mood, loss of interest, excessive crying, feelings of worthlessness or pessimism, decreased energy and fatigue, feeling ‘slowed down,’ difficulty concentrating and making decisions, and other physical pains (headaches, back pains, etc.) It’s getting to a [...]
Doctors and or expierience // nurses please?? Do you know if there is a confidentiality between minors && their medical doctors and parents?? like i know with counselors and psyciatrists there is a confidentiality where they cannot talk to your parents if you are a minor if you tell them not to or maybe even [...]
I had a confidentiality breech at my workplace. I recently went to treatment for alcohol use. I told the branch manager before I left. (She doesn’t like me) When I got back I found out she told several customers, and several employees. She isn’t my direct boss, but is the boss of the branch I [...]
I went to a well known drug store to pick up my medications. I was told that I already picked up one of my prescriptions 20 minutes ago. After some checking by the Pharmacy, they told me that they gave my prescription to someone else. On my prescription paper, it has my name, home number, [...]
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My mother has a huge problem. She has this doctor who prescribes her tons and tons of medication. Granted, I am not a doctor nor an expert on psychiatric medications, but I am able to tell when they are being abused. What’s worse is that the doctor basically supports the addiction by calling in her [...]
say you went to the hospital for something you didn’t want your parents to know about, like alcohol poisoning or a suicide attempt. how old do you have to be before they have to keep it confidential? i know it’s probably 19, but just checking.
Chapter 17: “Summary and Epilogue” Excerpt from feature documentary, Addiction, Recovery and Yoga, available at www.adyo.org
…information about a fraudulent charge on a credit card? Someone used my credit card to purchase prescription drugs from an online company and when I called to dispute the charges the company would not give me any information about the transactions. Not the type of medication purchased, not the shipping address, not the name on [...]
I have a psychiatrist and a counselor due to my my mother’s recent passing due to terminal cancer and my father’s recently diagnosed manic depression which has caused added stress during the past year. I’ve recently turned 18 and spend a reasonable amount of money on my psychiatrist and counselor. I try to be honest [...]
Ok I have a vignette for my ethics class and I know how I would handle a situation but I can’t find any APA ethics codes to back it up. I have been providing therapy to a client for the past few weeks. She shows up for an appointment very agitated and I refer her [...]
Or are they protected under doctor patient confidentiality?
meth, officer arrested in neighboring state (IND); car was gone for 3 days. He was off for at least a month, went through drug rehab and now confidential rule applies.
As I’ve aged I’ve fallen into the easy buzz. I was mystical and lived in yoga ashrams and had a great many wonderful experiences. They warned me if I left at the point I was at that the negative would come at me even harder. Kind of like stretching a rubber band. I pulled it [...]
Yoga helped me to lose weight and overcome addictions and self esteem issues. Now I want to find a way to help my loved ones to overcome obesity. Please help as I am concerned for the health and happiness of my precious family.
Video clip from our training program for healthcare staff on the updated HIPAA regulations, including the HITECH Security Law, which went into effect Nov. 2009. HIPAA is federal legislation that protects the safety and privacy of all medical records and other personal health information. The complete 15-minute video is available for preview at www.EnvisionInc.net.
Can a summons for small claims court for a medical bill be served to your job with a detailed list of medical expenses attached such as drugs given and supplies used? The summons was handled by several individuals before it reached the one intended. Should it have been delivered to the home address with this [...]
Dr. Q received IRB approval to conduct a clinical trial at Hospital Z to test drug A vs. drug B on October 31, 2001. Subject recruitment has been completed however, due to an adverse event on May 3, 2003, the IRB requested that the principal investigator re-consent subjects.
OK I’m not going to take it.. One of my friends is an ex drug user and she has ‘severe depression’ (which is a lie shes telling to get rx’s, she googles sypmtoms) she was on xanax for a while, then got off of it and now she is on the generic for paxil..she claims [...]
She didn’t say anything about checking for drugs. All she said is “I’m going to need to take some blood to see if there’s anything wrong with your thyroid.” She asked me what all I was taking and I neglected to say weed, hydrocodone, oxycodone, amphetamine and cocaine. I wouldn’t be worried but my doc [...]
Okay~ Very long and complicated story cut short (well as short as possible) I have a 6 year old daughter from a previous relationship, her father was a drug addict/alcoholic and could never stay clean, therefore was kept completely away from her (and me) for the last 3 years. He’s dead now, died in May [...]
In a conversation with a doctor about a cough syrup, the md asked me (RPh) to tell her what other medications the patient was taking. I told her the meds (HIV drugs). This was not the md who prescribed these meds. The md told the patient’s mother about our conversation. The patient’s mother works at [...]
I am 19, F, & addicted to opiates. I started a year or so ago just gettin high off them on weekends and it has grown to an every day thing. I dont take many, usually 2-4 pills every evening. If i dont get any some nights, i get extreme anxiety and have physical withdrawls. [...]
Bear with me, its long but certainly worth the read… I went to a low income clinic for prenatal care even though I had insurance and on my 1st visit was tested for illegal drugs without consenting to anything, I was not even 3 mos and tested positive for THC once the pregnancy was confirmed [...]
If the persons health is stable yet it is clear that they are a drug addict, can the doctor call the police? i know about doctor/patient confidentiality but in movies i have seen different, or is that just Hollywood? saw it in Requiem for a Dream