Month: September 2022

Final Week: Education for Legal Professionals Regarding Mental Health Records in Florida

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Welcome to our final week! This post will wrap up our series by sharing common forms which are included in mental health records. This applies to adults being treated in acute inpatient mental health units (crisis stabilization/Baker Act receiving facilities). Admission Form: Voluntary Admission Form (signed by patient) or Involuntary Admission Form Baker Act (completed …

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Mental Health Records in Florida: Are You Looking for a Request for Discharge or Habeus Corpus?

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Week 5 of Educational Series on Mental Health Records in Florida: Request for Discharge verses Habeas Corpus When either an emancipated minor or adult patient in a mental health facility in Florida desires to be discharged, there are 2 options for them, depending upon their admission/commitment status. For voluntarily admitted patients, a “Request for Discharge” …

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Week 4 of Educational Series on Mental Health in Florida: Understanding the Duty to Warn

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         When a person expresses intent to harm someone, mental health providers are required to notify the intended victim(s). This requires the disclosure of this information to the person at risk. This does not, however, allow providers to disclose other information, such as the patient’s diagnosis or treatment; the patient still has rights to privacy …

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Top 10 Misunderstandings Related to Mental Health Care Procedures in Florida

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Education for Legal Professionals: Week 3 If a person voluntarily checks themself into a mental health facility, they are not able to leave the facility unless the attending provider consents. The patient can fill out a form to formally apply to be discharged and the provider has up to 24 hours to agree or decline. …

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Understanding Psychiatric-Mental Health Patient Records in Florida: A Discussion of Week 1 Questions and Answers

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This is week 2 of an educational series, created to help attorneys, paralegals, and legal nurse consultants review psychiatric-mental health patient records efficiently and thoroughly. Last week, I posted a few questions about psychiatric-mental health records. This week, we are going to review them and discuss some of the many possible answers. Have ALL records …

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