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The American Journal of Psychiatry, VOL. 127, No. 11

Articles | May 01, 1971

Confidentiality in Psychiatric Screening for Security Clearance

PHILIP SOLOMON; SUSAN T. KLEEMAN; WILLIAM J. CURRAN

Am J Psychiatry 1971;127:1566-1568.

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Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, at the University of California at San Diego Medical School

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, at the University of California at San Diego Medical School

Frances Glessner Lee Professor of Legal Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Public Health, Cambridge, Mass.

1971, American Psychiatric Association

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Confidentiality is only partial in psychiatric examinations for security clearance. The applicant for clearance accepts this limitation because he wants clearance. The government protects the applicant's privacy as much as possible within the bounds of safety. The psychiatrist acts as a specialist who serves both, divulging only what is necessary.

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