Physicians should honor confidentiality whenever possible when screening and treating adolescents for sensitive health conditions such as substance abuse.

When a public health risk exists, a physician's obligations to warn those in potential danger overrides rules of patient confidentiality.

When a public health risk exists, a physician's obligations to warn those in potential danger overrides rules of patient confidentiality.

When a public health risk exists, a physician's obligations to warn those in potential danger overrides rules of patient confidentiality.

Defense of the argument that psychiatrists have a responsibility to warn the proper authorities if there is reasonable concern that a patient poses a threat to the safety of others.

Psychiatrists can take various steps to uphold patient confidentiality when faced with a court order to disclose a patient's medical records.