Gurevitz H
Am J Psychiatry. 1977 Mar;134(3):289-92. doi: 10.1176/ajp.134.3.289.
The author reviews the decision made by the California Supreme Court in the case of Tarasoff v. the Regents of the University of California, et al., which stipulated that therapists must warn authorities specified by law as well as potential victims of possible dangerous actions of their patients. He states the basic points of the Northern California Psychiatric Society's amicus curiae brief on behalf of the university regents and discusses the issues raised by the Tarasoff decision vis--53a-vis the mental health profession and its dealings with potentially violent individuals.
作者回顾了加利福尼亚最高法院在塔拉索夫诉加利福尼亚大学董事会等案中做出的裁决，该裁决规定治疗师必须向法律指定的当局以及患者可能实施危险行为的潜在受害者发出警告。他阐述了北加利福尼亚精神医学会代表大学董事会提交的法庭之友案情摘要的要点，并讨论了塔拉索夫裁决相对于心理健康专业及其与潜在暴力个体打交道所引发的问题。
