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Explores the theoretical and practical implications of confidentiality and disclosure for professionals working with people who have mental health problems. The work outlines the theoretical, ethical, legal and professional issues which underpin decisions about confidentiality. The contributors draw from their practical experience of a range of professional contexts including adolescent forensic psychiatry, criminal law, secure forensic psychiatry, child protection, community psychiatry and social work. This topical volume should enable professionals, academics and policy makers to meet both the needs of clients and the demands of society through a responsible understanding of the significance of confidentiality and disclosure.

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Cathy Malchiodi, ATR, LPAT, LPCC, REAT, CCBT is Director of the Institute for the Arts and Health in Salt Lake City, Utah, and edits both Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association and the Journal of Trauma and Loss in Children: Research and Intervention. She is the author of Understanding Children's Drawings and the editor of Medical Art Therapy with Adults and Medical Art Therapy with Children, all of which are published by Jessica Kingsley. Cathy Malchiodi is on the faculty of five art therapy graduate programs, has contributed over 50 articles and chapters on art therapy, has given over 120 invited lectures and workshops throughout the USA, Asia and Europe, and is the co-host of the Internet-based discussion group, Creative Arts Therapies International.

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