Gallivan told the crowd, «I have had the pleasure of working with families,
mental health experts and others who are associated with the Children's Psychiatric Center for
several years and it is clear that they speak with one voice on the importance of keeping this
facility in West Seneca.
Comment:
Several commenters were concerned that in practice, a treatment team in a
mental health facility shares information about a patient in order to care for the patient and that the provision requiring authorization for use and disclosure of psychotherapy notes would expose almost all privileged information to disclosure.
I have had the privilege of providing in - home therapeutic services for children who are on the Autism spectrum, and have worked in a variety of hospitals including an inpatient behavioral
health center hospital, main hospital, rehabilitation hospital, state forensic hospital, community
mental health clinic, university counseling center,
several outpatient private practice
facilities and most recently in intensive outpatient and partialized hospitalization programs.