Recovering the past: patient and family review of children's old mental health treatment records.
The right of access to old mental health treatment records creates unique challenges when requests are from former child patients. One agency's experience suggests that review of these records represents an attempt to understand current problems and concerns by searching for supposedly objective observations from the past.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D008297:Male; D008499:Medical Records; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010344:Patient Advocacy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D011613:Psychotherapy