AFI44-172 governs Air Force mental health services, including confidentiality, command communication, and assessment and treatment.
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AFI44-172 addresses mental health care operations, confidentiality, command notification, suicide prevention, and treatment for Air Force personnel and beneficiaries. It requires reporting of specified threats, assaults, maltreatment, diagnoses, and treatment-program participation, and establishes limits on disclosed information.
Providers must report suspected child abuse or neglect to military agencies and/or local child protective authorities. (paragraph 102-484)
Providers must report any threat to commit crimes or fraud. (paragraph 2)
Providers are required to report all sexual assaults to the Sexual Assault Response Coordinator (SARC). (paragraph 5)
Providers must take steps to protect individuals from harm when they have reason to believe there is a serious threat to the life or safety of the individual or others. (paragraph 3)
The provider believes there is a serious risk of harm to a specific military operational mission. Such serious risk may include disorders that significantly impact impulsivity, insight, reliability, and judgment. (paragraph 3)