As used in sections 52-146d to 52-146i, inclusive:
Conn. Gen. Stat. ยง 52-146d
(1961, P.A. 529; 1969, P.A. 819, S. 1; P.A. 75-567, S. 36, 80; P.A. 82-160, S. 64; P.A. 89-154, S. 2.)
Case decided before effective date of statute. 150 C. 689. Cited. 152 C. 510, 512. Psychiatrist-patient privilege does not extend to records relative to drug-dependency treatment. 169 Conn. 223. Psychiatric-patient privilege not waived and testimony of psychiatrist hired by state, but not as a result of court order, held inadmissible. 178 C. 626. Purpose of statutory privilege is to protect a therapeutic relationship; communications that bear no relationship to the purpose for which privilege was enacted are admissible subject to normal rules of evidence. 190 Conn. 813. Cited. 191 Conn. 453; 199 C. 693; 201 C. 211; 203 Conn. 641; 208 C. 365; Id., 683; 211 Conn. 555; 212 C. 50; 217 C. 243; 218 C. 85; 219 C. 314; 223 C. 450; 225 C. 700; Id., 450; 228 C. 1; 235 C. 185; 236 C. 625; 238 C. 313. Statute reflects public policy against suit by patient’s former spouse. 250 C. 86. Evidence of conversation between defendant and third party overheard by mental health worker not protected by privilege provided for under section. 254 C. 694. Medical and dental records created during a patient’s inpatient treatment at a mental health facility are mental health records exempt from disclosure under Sec. 52-146e. 318 C. 769. Cited. 1 CA 384; 14 CA 552; 19 CA 304; 24 Conn.App. 287; 25 CA 653; judgment reversed, see 223 C. 52; 30 CA 839; 33 CA 253; Id., 647; 35 CA 94; judgment reversed, see 235 Conn. 185. Subdiv. (2): Communications and records relating to diagnosis and treatment of an alcohol-related disorder falls within ambit of a “mental condition”; phrase “including communications and records which occur in or are prepared at a mental health facility” interpreted as an illustrative application of phrase “wherever made”, not as a limitation on its scope; therefore, trial court improperly concluded that plaintiff was required to establish that treatment facility located in Maine was a mental health facility as defined in Subdiv. (5) as a condition precedent to invocation of statutory psychiatrist-patient privilege. 54 CA 663. Nursing assessment containing consent form in which defendant consented to “mental health assessment and treatment” and conducted by nurse under supervision of psychiatrist is a mental health record that is privileged under Secs. 52-146d to 52-146f. 73 CA 150. Cited. 28 CS 57.