PSYCHIATRIST'S DEFECTOR REPORT DEFENDED BY GOVERNMENT CONSULTANT

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CIA-RDP75-00149R000100710006-0
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November 11, 2016
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January 29, 1999
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.Sanitized - Approved For Release : CIA- ychiatrist's Def ector.Re port Defended by By Eye Edstrom _r .Tnh a ..R Cavan eh - Wash ington psychiatrist and fin- ci, has defended the posi tion taken by 'thee psychiatrist' who revealed 'information ob-' tained from d ector Bernon ~._t_,-_? ,,. , matter will be published next. week as an editorial in the j CPYRGHT CPYRGHT is editor. _ . >:' In the editorial Dr. Cava- nagh cites the "case of the psychiatrist who testified be- fore the House Un-American s etivit =Com nittee" which' inquire" n p the defection of Mitchell, former Government code clerk,.to Moscow. That psychiatrist was Dr.' (larenee'Schilt of 10620-Geor-; gia ave., Silver Spring, who i disclosed problems, of family, religion and sex, which Mitch.-; ell had discussed with hin?' during three 'one-hourpsychi-! atric consultation sessions. Although Dr. Cavanagh does' not mention Dr. Schilt by .name, 'he. notes the.pcychia gist who testified has been criticized by some psychi;~ rists for breaching profs,. sional confidence. But Dr. Cavanagh, like Dr. Schilt, holds therewas no g such breach in the' Miteiiell case because "the comrriolTl ;,ood is .more important thanit, that of the individual." "under rare circumstances;" a psychiatrist should,,..reueal to s responsible Government of- ~icials infor aat p w, rich in-. o i d'cates. a threat to the security a of the United States. The psychiatrist. he con- s j is a loyal citizen who n i staff Reporter Government Consultant go serve that. s primary concern and would generally the information giv- .. . 1 41...4 1 w his loyal . uld want him to speak out trist is an "entrusted secret," ainst traitorous and dis- which is the. "r}lost inv4olabla," al behavior." secret short of the "seal of the Dr. Cavanagh omitted spe- confessional " . s reference to the Mitchell But, he emphasized, there se but t d li quo e ,os berally frm i editorial when he spoke dentia, ty, ' that con. terday to Government per- en is material may be re- inel and administrative of- vealed if it is necessary to als who attended a seminar avert great harm t,gg the state, the early recognitin o# a third or innoce party or otional problems. The' sdm- the client. r was ands~ ?the, sppzo He added that privilege n of, the Civil Se i ' rv ce Com lis v to a Pn ot t,',is ,..x- ion. amines a patient as part irf a pre-employment check. Should', the prospective employe desire i that some information be with. held, Dr. Cavanagh said the psychiatrist should refuse to examine him. - On other matters, Dr. Cav. anagh declared homosexuality I "is not necessarily a disquali- fyyng condition" to employ- ment. He said sexual disturb- ance per se does not "make an individual disloyal or more likely to be disloyal, especially if his condition is known and recorded in his personnel file," because he then "is not sub- ject to blackmail or coercion." Sanitized - Approved For Release : CIA-RDP75-00149R000100710006-0 en by a patient to his psychia