How have courts treated the issue of "patient privilege" in a mental health case?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Lewis, F072763 (Cal. App. 2018):
"The psychotherapist-patient privilege has been recognized as an aspect of the patient's constitutional right to privacy." (People v. Stritzinger (1983) 34 Cal.3d 505,
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