Sorry I couldn’t word that better, but I don’t know the proper term. My vocabulary is kind of limited and I have trouble putting thoughts into words.
I always see stuff about this rule, but I don’t really understand it. You can’t talk about what’s said during this appointment, but what does that entail? And what are the exceptions to this rule, because I think there are, right?
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This is typically referred to as confidentiality and is a rule for the medical professionals not you. As its your medical info, you can share what you want. The medical professionals however, cant say anything unless it involves someone’s safety. So your safety or someone else’s safety. In therapy specifically this generally means if your not going to hurt yourself or someone else, and it isnt needed to be communicated as part of treatment, it stays in the room. Basically, they have to get your permission to share anything specific in terms of identifying info or specific info unless its imperative to treatment (in this case will usually give necessary details but not identifying info), or some sort of safety is involved. So for example I go to my doctor and ask for an STD test, they cant say anything about it to anyone unless i say yes, aside from necessary communication to conduct the testing and provide results. If I was a minor and got raped for example, and wanted an STD test though, they would be required to say something as it involves safety. Especially the safety of a minor. Hope this helps! 🙂
Note: IT might be different where you live but this is generally how it goes. Ask your doctor to be extra sure if you want.
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