When patients receive services from mental health professionals (MHPs), they have a right to informed consent (Barsky, 2023). Informed consent includes the right to understand what kinds of records ...

In custody cases, mental health records are relevant but not fully discoverable. Courts typically protect psychotherapy notes due to their private nature and only allow limited disclosure with ...

This essay is part of an e-flux Notes series called The Contemporary Clinic, where psychoanalysts from around the world are asked to comment on the kinds of symptoms and therapeutic challenges that ...