Faculty Articles
Statutory Remedies to the Duty to Protect: A Reconsideration
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
Summer 1990
Publication Title
Psychotherapy
Volume
27
Issue/Number
2
First Page
291
ISSN
0033-3204
Last Page
296
Abstract/Excerpt
Offers a brief history of duty-to-protect statutes, which limit the liability of psychotherapists who treat life-endangering outpatients and protect therapists who make good-faith warnings when danger to identifiable victims is predictable. Fears are discussed that surround the possibility that courts will continue to expand the Tarasoff (1976) decision beyond its original parameters. Current statutory remedies to problems related to the Tarasoff decision are discussed, and the intent of duty-to-protect laws is examined. Alternative wording to these statutes is offered.
DOI
10.1037/0033-3204.27.2.291
NSUWorks Citation
Knapp, S.,
Vandecreek, L.,
Shapiro, D. L.
(1990). Statutory Remedies to the Duty to Protect: A Reconsideration. Psychotherapy, 27(2), 291-296.
Available at: https://nsuworks.nova.edu/cps_facarticles/545