Meri-Tuuli Auer told her counsellor things about her life she didn't want her closest family to know.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly being used to improve work efficiency, saving time and money. Use of AI by mental health professionals (MHPs) is no exception. One common approach involves ...

Five years since the first movie became a global success, Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom is hitting cinemas on December 20. The much-anticipated sequel has been long beset by delays and rumors of drama ...

Therapists work hard to establish a bond so that patients feel safe and confident in exposing and exploring their most private feelings, memories, mistakes, and experiences—sometimes embarrassing or ...

Riverside (Calif.) Psychiatric Medical Group has agreed to pay $25,000 for violating HIPAA’s right of access standard requiring hospitals to give patients copies of their health records promptly and ...

Psychotherapy provides therapy and counseling to support patients, whereas psychiatry looks at mental health conditions from a medical perspective, treating the physical and mental symptoms.

The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and the Office for Civil Rights recently issued a Final Rule ...

This week’s 65-page lawsuit filed against Harvard University over the handling of sexual misconduct complaints involving anthropologist John Comaroff brims with startling allegations. Among them: ...

The attorney representing a former Anoka middle school theater teacher charged with sexually abusing five male minors over the course of a decade is requesting access to patient-protected therapy ...

In what has been described as a “highly unusual ransomware case”, a hacker is demanding money directly from patients after an electronics patients record (EPR) system in Finland was hacked. According ...

Julius “Zeekill” Kivimäki, a 25-year-old Finnish man charged with extorting a local online psychotherapy practice and leaking therapy notes for more than 22,000 patients online, was arrested this week ...

For non-HIPAA covered entities, there will be a breach notification requirement for unauthorized uses and disclosures of Part 2 data. Part 2 programs will be required to notify the patient and the ...