Health care systems have been putting therapists’ progress reports online, much to the surprise (and anger) of some patients. By Christina Caron Stunned. Ambushed. Traumatized. These were the words ...

Traditional clinical documentation can consume up to 20 minutes per session—a timesuck that quickly compounds over weeks and months. Dr. Dionne Mahaffey, an interdisciplinary entrepreneur, founded ...

The HIPAA privacy rules give special protection to “psychotherapy notes,” but providers often misunderstand what are and are not covered and how they differ from other mental health records. I.

Welcome to State of Mind, a new section from Slate and Arizona State University dedicated to exploring mental health. Follow us on Twitter. One of the strange things about paying to bare your soul to ...

Joan Didion kept notes of her therapy sessions. In 46 entries dating back to December 1999, she discussed alcoholism, ...

We talk in therapy, right? So what’s with all the scribbling? A reader asked a question about the written word that’s too good to erase. It pertains to the value of longhand in the therapy office, ...