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The Delhi High Court has given the Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences (IHBAS) a stay order against disclosing the information till the next hearing in September.
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According to Dr Nimesh Desai, director of IHBAS, &amp;ldquo;Confidentiality of psychiatric information &amp;mdash; which includes all information disclosed by different parties related to the patient for treatment purposes &amp;mdash; is a very fundamental concept. It is something every psychiatrist promises his interviewees verbally. Unfortunately, till date, India does not have a legal provision regarding this. The unique nature of this information &amp;mdash; which includes historical information of the patient, his or her recollections, fantasies, feelings, fears and preoccupations from the past as well as in the present &amp;mdash; distinguishes it from other medical records.&amp;rdquo;
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&amp;ldquo;The need for discretion in disclosing psychiatric information is compounded in cases like this, where there is a possible marital discord and each seeks such history to use against the other,&amp;rdquo; Dr Desai said.
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The December 2011 CIC order by Information Commissioner Shailesh Gandhi stated that while the hospital was exempted from disclosing treatment records to anyone other than the patient, &amp;ldquo;these precedents are not relevant when the information is being sought by the patient herself&amp;rdquo;.
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Arguing against this, in their writ before the High Court, IHBAS said, &amp;ldquo;that every party disclosed information in confidentiality to the psychiatrist and the hospital should not give it away to anyone, including the patient.&amp;rdquo;
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The Delhi High Court has given the Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences (IHBAS) a stay order against disclosing the information till the next hearing in September.
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The patient was discharged after four days and has since been staying with her mother in Bhopal. After her discharge, she filed an RTI seeking &amp;ldquo;the basis for my admission, doctor&amp;rsquo;s observation, and clinical examination reports, and doctor&amp;rsquo;s observation...&amp;rdquo;
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Meanwhile, the patient&amp;rsquo;s husband, too, filed an RTI application, seeking the reasons of his wife&amp;rsquo;s discharge, &amp;ldquo;without my information.&amp;rdquo;
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&amp;ldquo;The need for discretion in disclosing psychiatric information is compounded in cases like this, where there is a possible marital discord and each seeks such history to use against the other,&amp;rdquo; Dr Desai said.
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Arguing against this, in their writ before the High Court, IHBAS said, &amp;ldquo;that every party disclosed information in confidentiality to the psychiatrist and the hospital should not give it away to anyone, including the patient.&amp;rdquo;
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The disclosure of information contained in psychiatry case records would discourage the patients and their relatives to furnish personal and sensitive information and they would prefer to withhold such information, which would largely affect the treatment,&amp;rdquo; the writ stated.
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&amp;ldquo;The need for discretion in disclosing psychiatric information is compounded in cases like this, where there is a possible marital discord and each seeks such history to use against the other,&amp;rdquo; Dr Desai said.
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Arguing against this, in their writ before the High Court, IHBAS said, &ldquo;that every party disclosed information in confidentiality to the psychiatrist and the hospital should not give it away to anyone, including the patient.&rdquo;
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The disclosure of information contained in psychiatry case records would discourage the patients and their relatives to furnish personal and sensitive information and they would prefer to withhold such information, which would largely affect the treatment,&rdquo; the writ stated.
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Meanwhile, the patient&rsquo;s family said they were &ldquo;exploring legal options, on this violation of the CIC order.&rdquo;
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Do psychiatry patients have the right to access records of their treatment? While the Central Information Commission (CIC) directed a mental health hospital to provide this information to a patient, the hospital has moved court citing confidentiality.


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Disclose psychiatric info under RTI? Yes, says CIC; No, says HC-Pritha Chatterjee

Do psychiatry patients have the right to access records of their treatment? While the Central Information Commission (CIC) directed a mental health hospital to provide this information to a patient, the hospital has moved court citing confidentiality. The Delhi High Court has given the Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences (IHBAS) a stay order against disclosing the information till the next hearing in September. The case pertains to a 32-year-old married woman. She was admitted to IHABS in April 2011 by the hospital’s mobile health unit from her Gurgaon home, after her husband approached hospital with her “symptoms”. According to Dr Nimesh Desai, director of IHBAS, “Confidentiality of psychiatric information — which includes all information disclosed by different parties related to the patient for treatment purposes — is a very fundamental concept. It is something every psychiatrist promises his interviewees verbally. Unfortunately, till date, India does not have a legal provision regarding this. The unique nature of this information — which includes historical information of the patient, his or her recollections, fantasies, feelings, fears and preoccupations from the past as well as in the present — distinguishes it from other medical records.” The patient was discharged after four days and has since been staying with her mother in Bhopal. After her discharge, she filed an RTI seeking “the basis for my admission, doctor’s observation, and clinical examination reports, and doctor’s observation...” Meanwhile, the patient’s husband, too, filed an RTI application, seeking the reasons of his wife’s discharge, “without my information.” In both cases, IHBAS authorities stated that “the information sought was provided by the patient and her husband, which is sensitive/confidential in nature.” “The need for discretion in disclosing psychiatric information is compounded in cases like this, where there is a possible marital discord and each seeks such history to use against the other,” Dr Desai said. The December 2011 CIC order by Information Commissioner Shailesh Gandhi stated that while the hospital was exempted from disclosing treatment records to anyone other than the patient, “these precedents are not relevant when the information is being sought by the patient herself”. Arguing against this, in their writ before the High Court, IHBAS said, “that every party disclosed information in confidentiality to the psychiatrist and the hospital should not give it away to anyone, including the patient.” The disclosure of information contained in psychiatry case records would discourage the patients and their relatives to furnish personal and sensitive information and they would prefer to withhold such information, which would largely affect the treatment,” the writ stated. Meanwhile, the patient’s family said they were “exploring legal options, on this violation of the CIC order.”