A bipolar man who voluntarily checked himself into a mental institution does not have to turn over related mental health records to his ex-wife in their custody case, the state Superior Court has ruled.
A unanimous three-judge panel found that a showing of the severity of the man’s condition was not a means around his privilege of confidentiality outlined in the Mental Health Procedures Act, while reaffirming prior precedent that confidentiality “cannot be overemphasized” when discussing the success of such treatment.
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