Jack Rozel, MD, MSL
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Adjunct Professor of Law University of Pittsburgh
Director, resolve Crisis Services
Abstract: In July 2020, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court handed down a ruling in the Maas v. UPMC case. In this case, a patient murdered a woman who lived five doors down a hallway from him after making a series of vague threats – including, at one point, “a neighbor” – but never identifying a target in any way. The Supreme Court ruled that the entire floor, if not the entire apartment building, should have been warned and identified that, in certain circumstances, entire groups may need to be warned if specifically targeted individuals cannot be personally identified. Maas has expanded mental health professionals’ duties to third parties with little guidance on how such duties (and liabilities) may be limited. Dr. Rozel will explore the newly enumerated duty in the context of Emerich v. Philadelphia Center for Human Development Inc., Tarasoff, and HIPAA.
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