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The authors describe a study in which they assessed attitudes toward confidentiality and the conditions under which it would be breached in the psychologist-patient relationship.

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  1. Jacob Jay Lindenthal
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Jacob Jay Lindenthal, Ph.D., Dr. P.H., is Professor and Chief of Behavioral Sciences of the Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health Sciences at the University of Medicine and Dentistry—New Jersey Medical School. Claudewell S. Thomas, M.D., M.P.H., is Professor and Chairman of Psychiatry at Charles R. Drew Postgraduate Medical Center, 1621 E. 120th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90059.

The authors gratefully acknowledge the assistance of Dr. Samuel A. Livingston of the Educational Testing Service for his assistance in the development of the vignettes used in this study and that of Dr. James G. Minard of the Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health Science, for critically reviewing this paper.

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Lindenthal, J.J., Thomas, C.S. Attitudes toward confidentiality. Administration in Mental Health 11, 151–160 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00819527

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