Practitioner Tools: Encryption Software in Mental Health Practice

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By Dr Greg Mulhauser, Managing Editor | 25 April 2005

Mental health professionals have certain obligations — some legal, some ethical — regarding confidentiality and the security of records and other materials related to their practice. The first part of this article offers some brief notes on types of software encryption solutions available to help meet these obligations, while a second part explores some of their advantages and disadvantages and offers specific software suggestions.

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This pair of articles in our new Therapist Business Centre explores some of the software solutions available for safeguarding privacy and confidentiality in the context of private mental health practice.

The first article focuses on the types of encryption solutions available, distinguishing between web-based and local client encryption, while the second focuses on the advantages and disadvantages of these two different approaches to encryption and offers specific encryption software suggestions for both types.

An additional companion article in the same section of the Therapist Business Centre focuses on ethics and encryption in mental health practice.

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About the Author: With an educational background in philosophy and mathematics, as well as in counselling, Dr Mulhauser enjoys publishing CounsellingResource.com, providing online counselling and therapy services, and spending time with his family.

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