Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association · 1991 · 58 citations · 4 references
NursingClinical SciencesClinical Data ManagementClinical PsychologyGood Clinical PracticeClinical Data InterpretationClinical Reporting SystemsData ConfidentialityInvestigative ReportsReport WritingReporting RequirementsClinical Case Reporting
The Committee on Scientific Activities of the American Psychoanalytic Association is concerned about the scarcity and low quality of clinical data in psychoanalytic reports, while also recognizing the need to balance confidentiality and disguise against the risk of misleading readers. The authors aim to establish general principles for clinical reporting that balance confidentiality, disguise, and clarity. They provide a tentative form and examples to guide the application of these principles. They propose several reliable, clear standards for clinical reports that are expected to be enduringly useful.
The members of the Committee on Scientific Activities of the American Psychoanalytic Association are concerned about the paucity of clinical data in psychoanalytic reports and by the quality of what does exist. We have proposed a few standards for clinical reports that we believe will be reliable and clear and will have enduring usefulness. We recognize the need for maintaining confidentiality and, at times, for disguise; we also recognize the need to balance these requirements against the dangers of misleading the reader (or listener). These conflicting requirements have resulted in our concentrating on some general principles for clinical reporting. We have appended a tentative form, and examples, to be considered for that purpose.
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