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This article fails to mention whether this duty exists in non-U.S. legal systems. -- Eastlaw ( talk) 05:46, 13 November 2008 (UTC) reply

its a well known clinical concept taught outside the USA, e.g. UK Earlypsychosis ( talk) 08:57, 22 April 2009 (UTC) reply

It is also talked about in Canada and is a limit to confidentiality as outlined in the CPA code. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.110.237.63 ( talk) 21:50, 13 November 2010 (UTC) reply

Done.-- Yannick ( talk) 05:17, 22 April 2009 (UTC) reply

Cheers Earlypsychosis ( talk) 08:59, 22 April 2009 (UTC) reply

"in the uneasy situation of breaching another law..."

I don't think psychologists are legally held to confidentiality, it is only a rule of the APA.