The psychotherapist-patient privilege gives a patient a privilege to refuse to disclose and to prevent another person from disclosing confidential communications made by the patient to a "psychotherapist" for the purpose of psychotherapy.

Contributed in 2009 & last edited in 2009 by Peter Tillers
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