The following excerpt is from Caesar v. Mountanos, 542 F.2d 1064 (9th Cir. 1976):
8 Petitioner's claim "is limited to protection against compelled disclosures in the course of civil proceedings of psychotherapeutically obtained communications". It does not involve a claim of absolute confidentiality in the context of a patient's apparent propensity to violence (see Tarasoff v. Regents, n. 6), nor the right to compel disclosure in criminal proceedings.
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