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7 J. Psychiatry & L. [i] (1979)

handle is hein.journals/jpsych7 and id is 1 raw text is: SPRING 1979 THE JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY AND LAW I Notes on Contributors 3 Editors' Page The Use of the Legal System as a Mental Health Service for Children 7 There are many situations in which the law can be used success- fully by mental health professionals as an adjunct to their eval- uations and therapy. The authors explore these situations and urge that mental health professionals become more familiar with the law relating to children. LEE H. HALLER, M.D., LAWRENCE A. DUBIN, J.D. AND MARTIN BUXTON, M.D. Confidentiality and Patients' Records: Balancing the Interests of Society and the Individual 49 Mental health professionals are finding it increasingly difficult to maintain the confidences of their patients. The author explores a number of areas of interest, including confidentiality, patients' records, privileged communications and privacy. ROBERT E. PAUL, ESQ. What Is Law? A Psychoanalytically Oriented Study 71 Legal philosophers have defined the law in many different ways. The author uses psychoanalytic findings to show that the various views of the law have been influenced to a significant degree by unconscious feelings and beliefs. C.G. SCHOENFELD, ESQ.