Open reporting in child psychiatry.
Although medical reports are usually viewed as special confidential communications between health care professionals, the author has found that there are many advantages to open communication with parents; having them present in conferences about their child and giving them copies of psychiatric reports. Personal experience, a survey done by the Child Development Program of BC Children's Hospital and the small amount of literature available suggest that "open reporting" increases parental understanding and taking of responsibility for constructive change.
Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver.
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D002648:Child; D002665:Child Psychiatry / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008499:Medical Records; D010290:Parents; D010552:Personality Assessment; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D014342:Truth Disclosure