• “ The confidentiality issue in the case of child analysis (patients under 14 years old in Quebec) needs special consideration when the parents are separated or divorced and carries very specific legal implications as the non-custodial parent continues to have parental rights. ” 10.9 Analyses of candidates & colleagues A number of comments supported the Committee’s view that the analyses of candidates and of colleagues might be particularly vulnerable to breaches of confidentiality, so that greater emphasis might be needed on measures to protect their privacy. 10.10 Archives It was pointed out that the draft report made no mention of the archives kept by component societies, which typically contain confidential material, as do the archives of IPA. This material may include: clinical reports about patients, information about individual members and candidates, membership papers, supervisors' reports, committee minutes, etc. We agree that this was an omission from the draft report and that all such archives should be subject to the same careful protections as all other confidential material. 10.11 Comments received after the report was finished After the report was finished but before it was circulated to the Executive, we received comments from the Israel Psychoanalytic Society and further comments from the British Psychoanalytical Society. The Israel Society mainly raised the issue of confidentiality in the context of didactic (training) analyses with reporting. We did not discuss this issue but it could be a topic in the discussion that we anticipate will continue if our report is approved by the Board. The further comments from the British Society focused on two points arising from the Recommendations about informed consent and sharing of clinical material. One of these, which had also been raised by other respondents, is discussed in 10.5, paragraph 4, above.
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