| Medico-Legal Risk Associated with Pediatric Mental Health Telephone Consultation Programs. | |
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PMID: 23208290 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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Clinicians providing consultation through mental health telephone consultation programs express concern about the potential legal risk of the practice. In this survey of six state mental health telephone consultation program directors, we report the annual number of children referred for consultation and the number of lawsuits against consultant clinicians. Between 2004 and 2010, 3,652 children per year were referred nationally, and there were no medical malpractice lawsuits against clinicians related to telephone consultation program activity. Although medico-legal risk is always present, the findings of this national study suggest the risk for clinicians providing mental health telephone consultation may be lower than perceived. |
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Katherine Hobbs Knutson; Marlynn H Wei; John H Straus; Barry Sarvet; Bruce J Masek; Bradley D Stein |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2012-12-4 |
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Title: Administration and policy in mental health Volume: - ISSN: 1573-3289 ISO Abbreviation: Adm Policy Ment Health Publication Date: 2012 Dec |
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Created Date: 2012-12-4 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8914574 Medline TA: Adm Policy Ment Health Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, Yawkey 6A, Boston, MA, 02114, USA, kknutson@partners.org. |
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